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Noah Song is back in the Red Sox organization after being designated for assignment by the Philadelphia Phillies earlier this week. WEEI's Rob Bradford was the first to report the news.
The Phillies had selected Song, 26, from Boston in the Rule 5 draft in December, but would have needed to keep him on their big-league roster for the remainder of the season, something that became increasingly unlikely as they make a playoff push.
Prior to this season, Song had not pitched competitively since 2019 due to his commitments to the Navy. He trained as a Naval flight officer in Pensacola, Florida, completing his training last year. Song requested a waiver that would allow him to resume his baseball career, which was granted this past February.
Song was drafted by the Red Sox in the fourth round in 2019. He impressed in his first professional action that season, posting a 1.06 ERA in 17 innings with the Low-A Lowell Spinners. In October 2019, he pitched 5.1 scoreless innings for the U.S. national team at the WBSC Premier12 tournament. He was considered one of the Red Sox' top pitching prospects at the time, with a fastball that reached 99 mph.
Song began this season on the injured list due to back tightness. He finally began a rehab assignment on June 28. While he was good at the Single-A level (1.93 ERA in 4.2 innings), he struggled as he moved up through the Phillies' system, compiling an 11.37 ERA in 6.1 innings at Double-A and Triple-A.
With his rehab assignment ending, the Phillies had to either keep him on their big-league roster or designate him for assignment, and opted to DFA him. Song went unclaimed on waivers -- any team claiming him also would have needed to keep him on their major-league roster -- and was then offered back to the Red Sox for $50,000 as a result.
The Red Sox took that offer, and now they can assign him to any level of their system.
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