Red Sox grab JD Durbin
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Shortly before activating set-up man Mike Timlin, the Red Sox claimed JD Durbin off waivers from the Diamondbacks. Durbin had one terrible start for Arizona this year, allowing 7 ER in two thirds of an inning, but should be a valuable depth arm in the minors. He posted a 2.33 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and 8.19 K/9 in 16 starts covering 89 IP last year with AAA Rochester. As Durbin is out of options, the Sox had to designate him for assignment before sending him to Pawtucket; if he clears, he should provide another possibly Major League ready arm at AAA, to go with Craig Hansen and Manny Delcarmen. Worst-case scenario for Boston is that someone else claims him, like the Red Sox themselves did to Arizona. I think it was a good pick-up by Theo Epstein, although he should be spending his time looking around for a 5th starter and calling Roger Clemens every 15 minutes to see if he's made up his mind yet.
EDIT: Durbin was claimed off of waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phils have 72 hours to decide whether to put him on the 25-man roster or designate him for assignment. Philadelphia is his fourth team in the past month; he trained with the Twins, then started a game with the Diamondbacks before coming to the Red Sox and now the Phillies.
