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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 2:51:41 GMT -5
Cardinals @ Red Sox Friday, 17th June 2022 7pm @ Fenway Park
Wainwright 5-4/2.84
Wacha 4-1/2.33
Adam Wainwright, Cardinals make rare visit to Boston FLM
The St. Louis Cardinals will make a rare visit to Fenway Park when they begin a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.
The teams haven't met for a three-game series since 2014, a three-game series in Boston since 2008 or a series of any kind since 2017. The regular-season series is tied at eight games apiece after Boston swept a pair of two-game series in 2017.
The Cardinals are slated to give the ball to Adam Wainwright (5-4, 2.84 ERA), who has experience against Boston, though he will be making his first regular-season start at Fenway.
"I'm excited to go there, although I've been there," Wainwright said. "I'm excited to pitch against a great team in a really cool venue but ... I've seen it, so it's not going to be totally different."
Two longtime Cardinals, Wainwright and scheduled Boston starter Michael Wacha, both pitched in two games against the Red Sox during the 2013 World Series. Wainwright lost both of his outings while Wacha went 1-1.
Wainwright will be looking to get St. Louis back on the winning track after the team was unable to complete a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, losing 6-4. Prior to that game, the Cardinals were a season-high 10 games above .500.
Wainwright hasn't recorded a decision in three consecutive seven-inning starts. He struck out seven while allowing eight hits and three runs against the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday. The 40-year-old righty hasn't won since May 20 in Pittsburgh.
Wainwright's only regular-season start against the Red Sox came on Aug. 7, 2014, in St. Louis, when he got a win after firing seven innings of two-run ball.
Despite the loss Wednesday, which came a day after Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas was one strike away from a no-hitter, St. Louis' Brendan Donovan recorded his 12th multi-hit game of the year -- a mark that leads all NL rookies. Paul Goldschmidt had three home runs in a Tuesday doubleheader.
"It seems like whatever the pitchers throw right now, (Goldschmidt is) going to crush it," Cardinals infielder Tommy Edman said, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "It doesn't matter who's throwing or what pitches they're throwing, he's on everything. ...
"For a guy as good as he is, it's saying a lot that this is the best I've ever seen him."
Wacha (4-1, 2.33 ERA) is no stranger to the team he will be facing, having come up in the St. Louis organization and pitched parts of seven seasons for the Cardinals. He will be starting against them for the first time.
"Whenever we weren't watching each other pitch, we were sitting in the dugout talking ball and trying to get my game up," Wacha said of Wainwright in a recent interview with The Athletic. "A lot of fun times and a lot of helpful moments. ... He was the guy I always looked up to."
Wacha's 2.33 ERA and .195 opponent batting average are tops among Boston starters. The 30-year-old Iowa native has allowed two runs or fewer in eight of his 10 starts, in which the Red Sox are 6-2.
Wacha pitched a complete-game shutout against the Angels on June 6, but he was lifted after 4 1/3 innings in a no-decision five days later in Seattle.
Boston looks for improvement after leaving 13 runners on base despite collecting 11 hits on Thursday in a 4-3 loss to the Oakland A's. The Red Sox went 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position as they fell for just the third time in 14 games.
"We had a lot of traffic (on the bases) today. Offensively we had our chances," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. "We didn't hit the ball hard with men on and chased a few pitches in certain situations."
--Field Level Media
Cardinals at Red Sox Friday, at 7:10 PM EST Clear According to Forecast.io, it's expected to be 77° F with a 1% chance of rain and 12 MPH wind blowing left to right in Boston at 7:10 PM EST. Hourly Forecasts: Weather.com Forecast.io
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 2:54:14 GMT -5
Rest of series Probables
Saturday..7pm...Hudson 4-3/3.29 vs Crawford 1-1/5.74
Sunday...1:30pm...Pallante 0-0/1.04 vs Pivetta 6-5/3.50
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 3:05:05 GMT -5
Story eyes end to skid: 'It's going to happen' June 16th, 2022 Ian Browne
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne
BOSTON -- After emerging from an early-season slump that lasted for a month and going off with a surreal power surge, it seemed as if Trevor Story was ready for takeoff in his first season with the Red Sox.
However, Story is scuffling again in an effort to find his swing. He went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts in Thursday’s 4-3 loss to the A’s.
This loss was hardly on Story, as the Red Sox went 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base. But given that Story was the prized free-agent acquisition that Boston invested a six-year, $140 million contract in, his highs and lows will be more magnified.
In his last 10 games, Story is 6-for-41 with two walks, 17 strikeouts and just one extra-base hit.
Backed by an even-keeled demeanor and an unquestioned work ethic, Story will trust those assets to get him through this latest rut.
“Baseball is a game of ups and downs,” said Story. “I think it’s about making the adjustment, and I know it’s going to happen. It’s just a matter of time for me. But yeah, it’s always frustrating struggling. But that’s part of this game and it always will be. It’s not something you ever get comfortable with, but I know that it’s part of the game and we’re working to get it right.”
Clearly, Story was hoping for a smoother entry to his new team after six years of strong play for the Rockies. But this is what he is left with, so he has no choice but to work his way out of it.
All baseball players go through slumps throughout the course of the season. But Story acknowledges this has been extreme for him.
“Yeah, I’d say atypical,” Story said. “I think a little more ups and downs than usual. I’m looking forward to being more consistent, for sure.”
To Red Sox manager Alex Cora, Story looks like a player who is going out of the strike zone and paying for it.
“We just have to make sure he dominates the strike zone,” said Cora. “That’s the most important thing. When he starts doing that, he becomes a very dangerous hitter. But right now, he’s not. We’ll keep working.”
The second baseman had some golden chances to bust out with one swing on Thursday.
When Story came up in the bottom of the seventh, there were two on and two outs and he represented the tying run. The wind was blowing out to left field, and perhaps Story could have put a charge into one and belted it over the Green Monster. Instead, after working the count full, Story went down swinging through a slider.
“He put a good at-bat [together] to get to 3-2, and then he chased a slider,” said Cora.
Story had another chance in the bottom of the ninth with the Red Sox down just one run, but he jumped at a first-pitch slider and grounded out to short.
Does Story agree with Cora’s assessment that he’s expanding too much?
“Yeah,” said Story. “I also think it comes down to taking care of my pitches. If I’m kind of zoning the pitcher up where I want and putting a good swing on the ball or putting it in play or ending the at-bat right there, that’s ideal. That’s not the case right now.”
The good news for Story is that his latest slump isn’t hurting the team much. The Red Sox have won eight of their last 10 games and 11 of their last 14.
Things were different earlier in the season, when Story’s struggles through May 8 (.194/.276/.269, no homers) coincided with the Red Sox getting off to a 10-19 start.
From May 10-26, Story demonstrated exactly what the Red Sox were thinking when they signed him, as he roped nine home runs in 58 at-bats and slashed .293/.368/.776 with a 1.144 OPS.
Perhaps another stretch like that will come soon.
“Obviously not the performance that I wanted to have today or the last few days, but I feel like we’re doing the right work to get there -- and it’s a process,” said Story. “I think that’s the toughest part of it. Got to be a little better and have some better at-bats, and I know I will.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 3:06:56 GMT -5
Injuries & Moves: Sale's changeup sharp in live BP June 16th, 2022
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June 16: LHP Chris Sale sharp in BP at Fenway There was an unusually large crowd on the field prior to Thursday's game at Fenway Park as staff, players and media members gathered to watch Sale throw his second live batting practice session of the week (and first in Boston). Red Sox manager Alex Cora was impressed in his first live look at Sale since last year's postseason. Cora said Sale will likely throw one more live BP session before going on a Minor League rehab assignment.
“Good, really good,” said Cora. “He threw 94, 95 with a good changeup. That’s the difference between last year and this year. He was a two-pitch pitcher [fastball-slider] for a month and a half last year, and this year, obviously, he's that far away from surgery now, this will play. We were just talking about it.
“In the offseason, him and Nick [Pivetta], they actually worked on it. He threw a few today and the feedback from Rob [Refsnyder] and the hitters is a good one. I don’t know what’s next. We’ll sit down today and map it out. That was a lot better than last year, and last year he was really good.” -- Ian Browne
June 16: OF Kiké Hernández closing in on return It was a good sign that Hernández (right hip flexor strain) was one of the players who stood in against Sale on Thursday. Though Hernández didn't swing, Cora said he should be ready to return to the active roster soon. Hernández is eligible to come off the injured list on Saturday, but he will probably be a day or two behind that. Cora said his starting center fielder will soon go on a one- or two-game Minor League rehab assignment. -- Ian Browne
LHP James Paxton (Tommy John surgery) Expected return: July or August Paxton, whose return from Tommy John surgery was delayed due to posterior left elbow soreness, is starting to turn a corner. The lefty threw a 17-pitch bullpen session -- all fastballs -- on June 15 at Fenway Park, following the 10-pitch session on June 11 in Seattle. Paxton's next bullpen session will be on June 18, and he expects to increase to 20 pitches.
"I felt good," Paxton said. "Just getting the timing and rhythm back, but other than that, no issues. I'm going in the right direction. Obviously, I've got more bullpens to go and a long way to go still, but happy with the direction we are going with right now." -- Ian Browne (Last updated: June 15)
LHP Josh Taylor (lower back strain) Expected return: July Taylor reached a key milestone in his return from a long-term back injury when he faced hitters in a BP session on June 15 at Fenway Park. Taylor is expected to throw another live BP on June 18. Manager Alex Cora said that Taylor should be cleared to start a Minor League rehab assignment at the beginning of next week. -- Ian Browne (Last updated: June 15) Other
LHP Darwinzon Hernandez (right knee surgery) Expected return: July or August The reliever is making progress after having surgery on May 19 to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. Hernandez pitched for the Red Sox from 2019-21, but he was at Triple-A Worcester this season before getting injured.
"He’s moving well, feeling better," manager Alex Cora said. "I don’t know what the plan is as far as bullpens and all that, but the fact that he’s moving and attacking the rehab the right way is good.” -- Ian Browne (Last updated: June 15)
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 3:09:14 GMT -5
Yadier Molina is expected to miss multiple weeks with a knee injury.
Molina will be placed on the 10-day injured list before Friday's game against the Red Sox. The 39-year-old has been battling knee soreness, and the Cardinals are going to give him a chance to recover while recalling top prospect Ivan Herrera from Triple-A. Herrera is worth consideration in redraft leagues; particularly in two-catcher leagues. We'll likely see Molina back around the All-Star break.
Source: The Athletic
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 3:15:34 GMT -5
RED SOX NOTEBOOK Chris Sale shows encouraging signs in well-attended mound session By Peter Abraham Globe Staff,Updated June 16, 2022, 5:02 p.m.
Chris Sale took the Fenway Park mound at 11 a.m. Thursday with a big crowd on hand.
Red Sox assistant general manager Eddie Romero, pitching coach Dave Bush, game-planning coordinator Jason Varitek, and bench coach Will Venable were among those watching behind a screen in back of home plate.
Manager Alex Cora, general manager Brian O’Halloran, and vice president of baseball operations Ben Crockett took seats in the stands.
Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom stood in the aisle behind the field box seats. Related: Red Sox can’t come through in the clutch as they lose to the lowly A’s
Some of Sale’s fellow pitchers watched from the grass behind second base. Rafael Devers and third base coach Carlos Febles sat behind the dugout.
They liked what they saw. Sale threw 32 pitches, 16 for strikes, over two innings to Kiké Hernández, Rob Refsnyder, and Triple A infielder Grant Williams. Unofficially: Two strikeouts, a walk, two ground outs, and a fly ball.
“Good, really good,” Cora said. “94-95 [miles per hour]. Good changeup.”
The last part is important. Sale was primarily a fastball/slider pitcher last season and never gained command of his changeup. Having it back in his repertoire would make a significant difference.
“This will play,” Cora said. “That was a lot better than last year.”
Cora thought it was likely that Sale would pitch another simulated game next week before starting a minor league assignment.
“We know he’s going to contribute,” Cora said. Old friends
Friday night will be special for Michael Wacha.
The Red Sox righthander is the scheduled starter against the St. Louis Cardinals, the organization he was with from 2012-19.
Wacha will be facing St. Louis for the first time and going up against Cardinals legend Adam Wainwright, his rotation mate for seven seasons. Related: Speier: Inside the Red Sox’ turnaround: From last place to playoff position in five weeks
“I’ve said what a good influence he was on me when I was younger,” Wacha said. “It’ll be a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to it.”
The Cardinals are the only team Wacha hasn’t pitched against in his career.
“That’s kind of a cool thing, getting to play at least one game against everybody,” he said. “I’ve been fortunate in my career to do the things I’ve done.”
Wainwright’s only appearance at Fenway Park was in Game 1 of the 2013 World Series. He took the loss, allowing three earned runs in five innings.
Cora is looking forward to the weekend, too. He has great regard for Wainwright, Yadier Molina, and Albert Pujols. All three are likely to retire after the season.
“When Albert was Albert — The Machine — he was the best of the best,” Cora said. “He did everything. In any spot, just to be able to hit the ball the other way and grind at-bats and hit homers and then steal bases. He was great.”
Cora twice played with Molina for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic.
“The will to win games … relentless,” Cora said. Related: Abraham: Chris Sale working his way back to the Red Sox roster, but as what? A starter or reliever?
This weekend will be the first time the Cardinals have been at Fenway since 2017. Sore spot
The Red Sox have been hit by pitches 11 times in their last 13 games and are getting annoyed about it.
Devers was drilled in his left elbow by A.J. Puk in the seventh inning of Thursday’s 4-3 loss against Oakland. It was the same spot where he got hit by Seattle’s Robbie Ray Sunday.
“We don’t like it,” Cora said. “I’m not going to put the opposition in jeopardy, but it’s been a lot. It’s been happening for a while.”
Gang green
Cora and a large group of Red Sox players attended Game 6 of the NBA Finals. The Cardinals also had a contingent, as Pujols arranged for a suite at TD Garden … Hernández, who is on the injured list with a sore hip, was not cleared to swing at any of Sale’s pitches. But the expectation is that he will be ready for a brief rehab assignment next week. “He’s feeling a lot better,” Cora said … The Sox finished the season 5-1 against the Athletics and are 19-7 against the AL West … Lefthander Josh Taylor is scheduled for a sim game Sunday as he continues to make progress … Gun control advocates David Hogg, Gabrielle Giffords, and John Rosenthal were introduced before the game, and Giffords threw a first pitch. While a member of Congress, Giffords was shot in the head in 2011 by a man who killed six other people. Hogg is a survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida in 2018 that left 17 dead. Rosenthal, a Boston businessman, founded Stop Handgun Violence.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 3:20:03 GMT -5
Alex Cora says Boston Red Sox ‘don’t like’ how many times they have been hit with pitches recently Updated: Jun. 16, 2022, 6:33 p.m. | Published: Jun. 16, 2022, 6:31 p.m.
By Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
BOSTON — Rafael Devers got hit with a 96.4 mph fastball in the elbow during the Red Sox’s 4-3 loss to the Athletics on Thursday here at Fenway Park.
It was the same spot Devers was struck Sunday in Seattle.
“We’ll see how he feels tomorrow. He should be OK,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said.
It marked the sixth time a Red Sox batter has been hit since Sunday.
Devers, Rob Refsnyder and J.D. Martinez all got hit with pitches Sunday vs. the Mariners. Refsnyder also got hit in Friday’s game in Seattle.
Both Franchy Cordero and Xander Bogaerts were hit by the A’s on Tuesday.
Red Sox batters also got hit twice during the Angels series in Anaheim (June 6-9) and twice during the Athletics series in Oakland (June 3-5).
“We don’t like it. We don’t like it,” Cora said. “It’s been a lot. So obviously it’s one of those that I’m not going to put the opposition in jeopardy. But it’s been a lot. And it’s been happening for a while.”
Cora was asked if he thinks pitchers are trying to back his hitters off the plate.
“I don’t think they are hitting Raffy on purpose there,” Cora said. “I don’t think they hit J.D. and Raffy in Seattle on purpose. They have to push us away. We know that but we’ve been getting hit a lot.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 11:25:33 GMT -5
St. Louis, legendary trio add spice to key Red Sox weekend series at Fenway
By Jon Couture June 17, 2022 | 11:09 AM
This is going to be a weekend rich with history at Fenway Park.
No disrespect to the departing A’s, despite their 2022 efforts to engender disrespect (all the way to Las Vegas). They won a slopfest Thursday on their way out of town, and shared a oft-forgotten what-if with the Red Sox nearly 50 years ago this week — the 72 hours in 1976 when Hall of Famer closer Rollie Fingers was sold to the Red Sox before commissioner Bowie Kuhn nullified it in the best interests of the game.
Might’ve changed that 1978 pennant race a little bit, but I digress.
The Cardinals are in town for just the fifth time in the interleague play era, and two of those were for the World Series in 2004 and 2013. Four of Boston’s last eight American League pennants led into meetings with St. Louis, another franchise with an outsized fan base that will stuff Fenway to the gills for these three games.
Not that the present can be ignored, either. During this five-week surge from last place to the playoff conversation — four straight Cleveland wins have nosed them ahead for the third wild-card spot — Boston has made the most of a weak schedule, going 19-7 against AL West teams.
St. Louis is not that, nor are they an also ran, sitting atop the National League Central and just about Boston’s equal offensively. Paul Goldschmidt, with his .347 average and 16 home runs, is probably the National League MVP at the moment. They are dynamic as well, leading the NL in stolen bases and sixth in the majors in success rate.
“It’s not really a dare,” Harrison Bader told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch last month, “when you know you’re going to make it.”
That the glacial Albert Pujols has one of those stolen bases, the 117th of his 22-year career, might be the clearest statement of the confidence with which the Cardinals ooze. A surprise? Of course. Baseball’s oldest player — he’s got fellow 42-year-old Rich Hill by two months — is also its fourth-slowest according to Baseball Savant.
But there was a time it seemed like there was nothing Pujols couldn’t do on a baseball field, as he racked up a Rookie of the Year and three MVPs during his first decade in St. Louis. A largely lost decade with the Angels somewhat dimmed his star, but allow me to add to the chorus somewhat amazed this farewell reunion with the Cardinals isn’t getting near the pomp some of his contemporaries received on their way out.
“We talk about Miggy [Cabrera]. We talk about Manny [Ramirez]. We talk about all these righties,” Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters. “But when Albert was Albert — The Machine — I mean, the base runner, the defender, the hitter? He was the best of the best.”
Those financially lucrative years with Los Anaheim made Pujols a semi-regular at Fenway, but he needed just four at-bats here to deliver one of his 683 regular-season home runs, lining a 3-and-0 Rudy Seanez fastball into the Red Sox bullpen on June 10, 2003 — the first time the teams had faced off since the 1967 World Series.
How long ago was that? Pujols’ current manager, Oliver Marmol, was still four years away from being drafted by St. Louis out of college.
If Pujols plays on Friday night, it’ll be in support of Adam Wainwright, himself potentially wrapping up a 17-year career (not counting a 2011 lost to Tommy John surgery) all with St. Louis. Wainwright, 40, is the last Cardinals pitcher to beat the Red Sox, doing so in 2014.
But the only two World Series starts in his career came against Boston in 2013, and he lost them both. Sloppy defense helped him last just five innings in a Game 1 blowout at Fenway, and he got just a run of support in Game 5, when he made what he called “the most regrettable pitch of my career” — the one that David Ross ended up blooping for a line-hugging RBI double to snap a 1-all tie.
“I think about Game 1 and 5 a lot, actually,” he told the Post-Dispatch.
Alas, he will not be joined on Friday, or for the forseeable future, by longtime partner, catcher Yadier Molina. The 39-year-old who’s also playing his final season is expected to go on the injured list due to knee soreness, cortisone shots last weekend not enough to keep him in the lineup.
Friday will not be their 317th career start as a battery in the regular season, which would have moved them into second all-time alone. Regardless, it’s likely his presence will be notable this weekend, given Molina’s place of honor in Cora’s beloved Puerto Rican baseball community.
This weekend is about games first, of course, and results. The Red Sox are still in a hole of their own making, and winning 20 of 28 has merely pushed them back into the contention conversation, not secured their place in it.
But there will be special players visiting Fenway Park this weekend. Even if their primes are behind them, we best take a moment to enjoy.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 11:32:57 GMT -5
Game 65: Cardinals at Red Sox lineups and notesBy Andrew Mahoney Globe Staff,Updated June 17, 2022, 1 hour ago After seeing their three-game winning streak snapped with a 4-3 loss to Oakland, the Red Sox will open a three-game series vs. the Cardinals at Fenway Park Friday. On Thursday, the Sox were 1 for 14 with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base, matching their season high. Michael Wacha will be on the mound as the Sox look to get back on track. Here is a preview. Lineups CARDINALS (37-28):1. Tommy Edman (S) SS 2. Brendan Donovan (L) 2B 3. Paul Goldschmidt (R) 1B 4. Nolan Arenado (R) 3B 5. Nolan Gorman (L) DH 6. Tyler O'Neill (R) LF 7. Dylan Carlson (S) RF 8. Harrison Bader (R) CF 9. Andrew Knizner (R) C Pitching: RHP Adam Wainwright (5-4, 2.84 ERA) RED SOX (34-30): 1. Jarren Duran (L) CF 2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 3. J.D. Martinez (R) DH 4. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS 5. Alex Verdugo (L) LF 6. Trevor Story (R) 2B 7. Franchy Cordero (L) 1B 8. Christian Vazquez (R) C 9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) RF Pitching: RHP Michael Wacha (4-1, 2.33 ERA) Time: 7:10 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Cardinals vs. Wacha: Nolan Arenado 6-13, Paul Goldschmidt 2-11, Albert Pujols 0-1 Red Sox vs. Wainwright: Xander Bogaerts 0-3, Jackie Bradley Jr. 0-6, Franchy Cordero 0-1, J.D. Martinez 1-6, Trevor Story 2-14, Christian Vázquez 1-3 Stat of the day: Wacha’s 2.33 ERA and .195 opponent batting average are tops among Red Sox starters. Notes: Wacha came up in the St. Louis organization and pitched parts of seven seasons for the Cardinals. The 30-year-old Iowa native has allowed two runs or fewer in eight of his 10 starts, in which the Sox are 6-2. … Wainwright faced the Red Sox twice in the 2013 World Series, losing both times. The 40-year-old righty hasn’t won since May 20 in Pittsburgh. … Over the last 15 games, Red Sox relievers have posted a 1.85 ERA (10 earned runs in 48 ⅔ innings pitched). … Bradley has two hits in each of his last three games at Fenway Park and is batting .326 (28-for-86) over 28 home games this season. Song of the Day: Led Zeppelin ' Hot Dogwww.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLTwt-bqoU
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 17:07:23 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox injury updates: Nathan Eovaldi progressing ‘slower than expected’; Matt Barnes throws 90 feet Published: Jun. 17, 2022, 4:55 p.m.
By Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
BOSTON — Nathan Eovaldi might not be ready to return from the 15-day injured list right when he’s eligible June 24 in Cleveland.
“It seems like Nate is slower than we expected right now,” manager Alex Cora said. “So we’ll see how he reacts today and tomorrow, over the weekend with treatment.”
The Red Sox placed Eovaldi on the injured list (retroactive to June 9) with low back inflammation.
Josh Winckowski, who replaced Eovaldi in the starting rotation, will start again Monday.
Barnes in Boston
Matt Barnes, who is on the IL with right shoulder inflammation, is back with the team in Boston after spending time rehabbing in Fort Myers. He’s not throwing off the mound yet, but he played catch up to 90 feet Thursday.
“He’s doing a lot of stuff in the gym that is helping as far as mechanics and all that stuff, too,” Cora said. “But as far as his arm, up to 90 (feet). I think tomorrow 110 (feet) if I’m not mistaken. Slowly but surely getting to the point that probably he’ll get on the mound early next week.”
Cora thinks the downtime could help Barnes.
“He’s the first one to admit he’s been struggling,” Cora said. “He hasn’t been to this point in his career. He’s always been good. Just to be away, it always helps. And getting his arm where it should be is a priority. But also to work on a few things mechanically and all that, it’s gonna help out.”
Other injuries:
~ Garrett Whitlock (right hip inflammation), who also is eligible to return from the IL on June 24 like Eovaldi, is progressing but he hasn’t yet thrown off the mound. He has been playing catch.
~ Josh Taylor ( back) will throw his second live batting practice Saturday here at Fenway Park.
~ James Paxton (returning from Tommy John surgery) threw a bullpen session Tuesday. He is expected to throw another bullpen Saturday.
~ Kiké Hernández (right hip flexor strain) will take batting practice Friday. He also will face Josh Taylor in live batting practice Saturday.
~ Chris Sale threw a two-inning, 32-pitch live batting practice Thursday. The Red Sox likely will meet later today to decide what he will do next.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 17:15:15 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 49m Cardinals manager Oli Marmol very appreciative of being at Fenway Park this weekend and soaking up the history.
He took a look inside the Monster before batting practice.
With rare exceptions, every day at the ballpark is a good day.
But Cardinals-Sox this weekend especially. Two good teams, lots of star power on the field, big crowds, classic uniforms, lots of Cardinals fans in Boston, etc.
Bring it on.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 17:16:04 GMT -5
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne · 2h Alex Cora said that Nate Eovaldi's progression from low back inflammation has been slower than the club expected. He might not be ready to pitch in Cleveland a week from now, when he would be first eligible.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 17:17:31 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 2h Cora: Winckowski will stay in the rotation and make his next start on Monday. Nate Eovaldi is progressing more slowly than expected and is likely to remain out beyond 15 days. … Garrett Whitlock is expected to return to rotation when he’s activated. …
Matt Barnes is in Boston and is playing catch. “He’s back to squee one. We have to build him up and go from there.” … Kiké Hernández will take batting practice today. …
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 17:19:04 GMT -5
Christopher Smith @smittyonmlb · 1h Red Sox' Alex Cora texted Christian Arroyo (COVID) the Cora's special recipe.
"There’s a recipe the Coras have for COVID. Some tea. I had to drink that like three times a day. It’s a good mix of like honey, ginger, onion, pineapple. It sounds bad but it’s really good actually.”
“I don’t know how we ended up with it,” Cora said, laughing. “Whoever gets COVID, especially on this team, I always send it. Copy, paste. This is good.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 17, 2022 17:36:31 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 6m The Cardinals did a nice thing. They have lefty Packy Naughton of West Roxbury on the taxi squad for this series.
Naughton saw his family yesterday and was at the Celtics game last night in the Albert Pujols suite.
Naughton has appeared in 9 MLB games this season.
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