Moran will serve as the Red Sox's opening pitcher Saturday against the Twins, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports. The Red Sox have taken a liking to using Moran as an opener in front of Brayan Bello this month, and the two will work in tandem again Saturday. Moran has been one of Boston's most effective bullpen arms this season, posting a 2.81 ERA and 1.13 WHIP through 25.2 innings. He'll likely remain on the mound for an inning or two before handing the game over to Bello.
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Jovani Moran Game Log 2026
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Regular SeasonDateOppResultIPKBBHBPCGSHOHRER6/4L 8-22.0310001005/31W 9-41.1100000005/28L 10-22.0200001115/24L 6-51.0200000005/23L 4-21.0100003225/20W 4-30.1100000005/19W 7-11.0300000005/15L 3-21.2300001005/12L 2-11.0200001115/10L 4-11.1010000005/5W 10-31.0320003225/3L 3-10.2110000004/29L 8-12.2011001114/24L 10-32.2110003114/20W 8-60.0020001114/18L 4-13.0310001004/13L 13-62.1220000004/10L 3-21.0200001004/6L 8-63.0410001113/29L 3-22.021000100
Regular Season Totals 28.23614100191010
Jovani Moran Splits 2026
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SplitsGSIPWLERAKBBHBPCGHRERSVOSAVGHR
Overall 333.0120.0381410201111100.1725Away 118.0100.0207001155000.1723Home 215.0020.018700966100.1732Night 216.0010.0236001166100.1904Day 117.0110.015800955000.1551vs Righty 00.0000.01910001480000.2033vs Lefty 00.0000.019410630000.1282March 04.0000.04100211000.1431April 014.2000.012800844100.1601May 312.1120.019400966000.2003June 02.0000.03100100000.1430Opponent vs PHI 1 1.0 0 1 0.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.250 1 vs STL 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.250 0 vs ATL 0 3.2 0 0 0.0 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0.154 1 vs TB 0 1.1 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 vs KC 0 1.1 0 0 0.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 vs CLE 0 1.1 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 vs HOU 0 2.2 0 0 0.0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.111 1 vs TOR 0 2.2 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.125 0 vs MIN 1 4.1 0 1 0.0 5 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0.200 0 vs DET 1 4.0 0 0 0.0 6 5 0 0 5 3 3 0 0 0.294 1 vs BAL 0 4.2 0 0 0.0 4 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0.235 1 vs CIN 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.143 0 vs MIL 0 3.0 0 0 0.0 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0.100 0 Venue @ St. Louis 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.250 0 @ Cleveland 0 1.1 1 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 @ Detroit 1 1.0 0 0 0.0 3 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0.500 1 @ Toronto 0 2.2 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.125 0 @ Cincinnati 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.143 0 @ Baltimore 0 2.2 0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0.300 1 @ Kansas City 0 1.1 0 0 0.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 @ Atlanta 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.167 0 @ Houston 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0.143 1 @ Boston 2 15.0 0 2 0.0 18 7 0 0 9 6 6 1 0 0.173 2 @ Minnesota 0 2.1 0 0 0.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0
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Serving as opener for Boston
Moran will serve as the Red Sox' opening pitcher in Tuesday's game versus the Phillies, Scott Lauber of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Slotting Moran in as an opener ahead of bulk reliever Brayan Bello last week against the Tigers worked out well, so the Red Sox will give that arrangement another try. The left-handed Moran has managed a 2.91 ERA in 12 appearances for Boston this season, but he's been wild while walking 14 over 21.2 innings.
Working as opener Tuesday
Moran will serve as the opener for Tuesday's game against the Tigers, Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald reports. Moran will presumably work the first inning or so before making way for Brayan Bello, who is expected to serve as the team's bulk reliever Tuesday. Moran is off to a strong start to the 2026 season and has delivered a 2.33 ERA and 1.09 WHIP with 17 strikeouts across 19.1 innings.