The Boston Red Sox called up right-hander Mike Shawaryn on Thursday, according to the team. With the promotion, Shawaryn joins three other former Terps in the majors: Brandon Lowe and Adam Kolarek in Tampa and Brett Cecil in St. Louis.
After three dominant years at Maryland, where Shawaryn won 30 games overall and struck out 307 total batters, the Red Sox drafted Shawaryn in the fifth round of the 2016 draft. Then, the starter quickly rose through Boston’s minor league system. Shawaryn entered the minors with the short A Lowell Spinners in 2016 and spent time in low-A and high-A in 2017, before he started the 2018 season with the AA Portland Sea Dogs.
In Portland, the righty started 19 games, working to a 3.28 ERA in 112.2 innings pitched, while holding opposing batters to a .238 average. Shawaryn struck out 99 batters with the Sea Dogs before he was assigned to the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox, where he finished out the 2018 season. There, Shawaryn went 3-2 in six starts and one relief appearance, struck out 33 in his 36.2 innings of work and threw a 3.93 ERA.
Boston invited Shawaryn to their official spring training at the start of 2019, before the right-hander started the season back in Pawtucket. Before his call-up on Thursday, Shawaryn went 1-2 with a 3.72 ERA in 55.2 innings of work. The right-hander also struck out 28 in those 10 starts, while he held opposing batters to a .230 average.
Shawaryn joins the 29-27 Red Sox as they take on the Yankees in New York for a four-game set that starts Thursday. The date of his debut is TBD.