Matt Barnes ‘Ecstatic’ To Not Have Been Dealt By Purple Sox At

Matt Barnes was the topic of commerce rumors surrounding the Boston Purple Sox. However he remained with the membership because the Aug. 31 deadline to maneuver a participant got here and went.

And the pitcher is completely happy to nonetheless be in Boston, and is adapting nicely to going from being the set-up man to closing out video games.

“I’m very lucky to be on this group and to have been right here for a very long time,” Barnes stated Wednesday in a Zoom convention forward of the Purple Sox’s sport towards the Miami Marlins.

“I can inform you I wasn’t actually being attentive to lots of it till I awakened on Monday morning (the day of the Main League Baseball commerce deadline) and then you definitely begin counting down the hours,” he stated. “Pay attention, I’m ecstatic to nonetheless be right here. I like enjoying for this group. I’d like to proceed to play right here for a very long time. So we’ll see what occurs. However I’m actually completely happy to nonetheless be right here.”

Whereas Barnes wasn’t dealt, nearer Brandon Workman was, permitting Barnes the chance to step into that function.

And he’s accomplished nicely, going 7-for-9 in save conditions and accumulating a 3.60 ERA within the 10 innings since Workman’s commerce. And if he earns the chance to be the Purple Sox’s full-time nearer, he’d soar at it.

“Let’s do it,” Barnes stated. “I’m all in.”

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