The Boston Red Sox announced that LHP Chris Sale will undergo Tommy John surgery on his left elbow. Sale, 30, experienced pain in his throwing elbow and underwent an MRI at the beginning of March. On Mar. 5 the team announced that Sale had a flexor strain in his left elbow. Surgery was not deemed necessary at the time and instead he was instructed to rest for a few weeks before beginning to...
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Major League Baseball announced that they will cancel spring training and delay the 2020 regular season by at least two weeks due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) within the United States. In addition, World Baseball Classic Qualifier games will also be postponed indefinitely. MLB stated, “MLB and the Clubs have been preparing a variety of contingency plans regarding the 2020...
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New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes continues to make progress in his rehab as he is now running to first base at full speed according to David Lennon of Newsday. However, Lennon also noted that he is not yet running at full speed as he makes the turns around the bases. The Mets have been taking it slow with Cespedes, and according to Lennon are still not making any Opening Day predictions...
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As many Americans enjoyed a day off on Monday for Presidents’ Day, the New York Mets had their first full-squad workout of 2020 spring training. Before the workout commenced, an energized Luis Rojas addressed his team. “Being there with the entire squad — that was a pretty special moment,” Rojas said according to Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News. “We talked about communication,...
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The Boston Red Sox will promote bench coach Ron Roenicke to interim manager according to Alex Speier of The Boston Globe. Speier added that it is possible and perhaps very likely that Roenicke’s interim label is dropped once MLB completes its investigation. However, in the meantime he will retain that title heading into spring training. Roenicke will replace Alex Cora, whom the Red Sox...
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