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1:30pm : The Red Sox have now officially announced these moves. 10:08am : The Red Sox are planning to designate right-hander for a signment as part of a series of roster moves, Ma sLive.coms Christopher Smith. His spot on the roster will go to veteran righty , whose contract is being selected from Triple-A Worcester. Boston is also set to recall lefty from Worcester, with righty being optioned there in his place. Lamets stay on Bostons big league roster will prove extremely brief. The former Padres and Rockies hurler was only just selected to the Majors two days ago. He appeared in one game, serving up three runs on three hits and a walk with one strikeout and a wild pitch in two innings of work. Lamet was a legitimate Cy Young contender during the shortened 2020 season, but injuries have been a major i sue for the 31-year-old righty in the seasons since. Hes encountered a biceps strain, a UCL sprain, forearm inflammation and a hip injury that required a cleanup procedure in the years since that scintillating 2020 effort (wherein he posted a 2.09 ERA and 34.8% strikeout rate in a dozen starts). Including this brief, unsightly stop with the BoSox, Lamet has a 6.81 ERA in his past 107 big league innings. While he had pitched decently over in Worcester prior to his call to the big leagues, Lamet will make a quick exit in favor of a fresh arm fellow veteran hurler Barraclough. The 33-year-old Barraclough has appeared in 288 big league games, all coming out of the bullpen, and posted a 3.61 ERA Derek Bell Jersey with a very strong 28.9% strikeout rate but also a woeful 14% walk rate. The bulk of his Major League succe s came early in his career with the Marlins, from 2015-18. Since that time, hes logged just 55 2/3 innings while pitching to a 5.17 ERA. Interestingly, the Red Sox have been using Barraclough as a starter in Worcester, and the experiment has gone quite well. Seven of his eight appearances since signing out of the independent Atlantic League have been starts, and Barraclough has recorded a sharp 2.57 ERA in 42 innings. Granted, his strikeout rate is down considerably (17.8%), and walks remain an i sue (11.9%). The Sox either see more to like in Barraclough than Lamet or simply need another fresh arm after was knocked out of the game in the fourth inning yesterday, leading to three relievers covering 5 2/3 innings. Lamet and Robertson combined to cover five of those frames. Now that the trade deadline has come and gone, the Sox only options with Lamet are to place him on outright waivers or release waivers. He has more than five years of big league service, so hell be able to reject a minor league a signment and become a free agent even if he goes unclaimed. Because of that service time, hed have been a free agent at seasons end even if hed stuck on Bostons roster and performed well for the remainder of the year. Barraclough, meanwhile, entered the season with 4.089 years of Major League service. The most hell be able to accrue from here on out is 54 days, which would leave him shy of five years of service, thus making him eligible to be retained another two seasons via arbitration. Theres quite a ways to go before thats even a consideration, and its likelier that Barraclough will have a brief stay on the roster himself, but that remaining club control is at least worth noting in the event that he sustains his Triple-A pace in the big leagues. Joe Perez Jersey