Red Sox add right-handed pitcher Taylor Cole to 2022 Spring Training roster as a non-roster invitee

January 19th, 2022

BOSTON, MA—The Boston Red Sox have added right-handed pitcher Taylor Cole to the team’s 2022 Spring Training roster as a non-roster invitee.

Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom made the announcement.

Cole, 32, is 7-6 with a 4.97 ERA (49 ER/88.2 IP) in 57 career appearances (eight starts) between the Toronto Blue Jays (2017) and Los Angeles Angels (2018-19). In 2018, the right-hander made 18 appearances (two starts), going 4-2 with a 2.75 ERA (11 ER/36.0 IP) and a .169 opponent batting average. After spending the entire 2020 season at the Angels’ Alternate Training Site, Cole did not pitch in 2021. He was selected by the Blue Jays in the 29th round of the 2011 June Draft out of Brigham Young University.

BOSTON RED SOX NON-ROSTER INVITEES (5)

PITCHERS (3): Taylor Cole, Michael Feliz, Zack Kelly

CATCHERS (0)

INFIELDERS (0)

OUTFIELDERS (2): Rob Refsnyder, Christin Stewart