Trevor Story needed to get a second opinion on his injured proper hand. He didn’t get excellent news.
The Red Sox second baseman’s go to with a hand specialist on Friday revealed a small hairline fracture close to his proper wrist, supervisor Alex Cora mentioned, which would require him to pause swinging for about 10 days.
Story has been out for the reason that Red Sox’ July 12 loss to the Rays when he suffered a proper hand contusion after getting hit by a pitch. He began taking swings final week however was nonetheless feeling discomfort when making contact on his swings, which made him need to search one other opinion on the damage.
“It’s not a surprise for us because it’s kind of like the same thing,” Cora mentioned. “The physician seems like we preserve doing what we’re doing therapy clever. It’s identical to we’ve got to close him down for 10 days or no matter it’s after which we’ll see the place we’re at. …
“It’s actually not the place that he got hit. The bruise is OK. He kept feeling uncomfortable with it swinging wise so that’s why he wanted a second opinion to see where we’re at. The doctor agrees with us as far as the treatment. It’s just like, we have to shut him down.”
Story will be capable of do different baseball actions within the meantime, however there’s no actual timetable for his return till he can begin swinging once more.
“When he starts swinging or whatever, we’ll see how he feels and we’ll go from there,” Cora mentioned. “The other stuff, running and all that stuff, he’ll keep doing. Just the swinging part of it that we were trying to get to where we wanted and he wanted to do the same thing. It wasn’t happening. Now we just have to shut him down.”
Story’s absence will proceed to be missed each offensively and defensively, however the Red Sox bought a minimum of one reinforcement on Saturday to assist offset the loss. Christian Arroyo returned after lacking the final three weeks with a left groin pressure, and he’ll probably see the majority of taking part in time at second as Story recovers.
“It’s important. We trust (Arroyo),” Cora mentioned. “It’s a matter of retaining him on the sector. That’s an important factor. He feels proper, he ran the bases properly down there in Double-A. We noticed what he did in October final yr when he didn’t play for a month after which he needed to play the Wild Card recreation after which he performed all of the playoff video games and he did job. He’s defender. Obviously extra snug within the infield than the outfield. His at-bats are good.
“Hopefully now that he’s going to play almost every day, he doesn’t try to do too much offensively. Just try to do your part and that’s all we need right now. A good quality at-bat where he hits in the lineup.”
Bello makes one other impression
When Cora got here out to take Brayan Bello out of Friday’s recreation, he was considerably caught off guard – however in a great way. After giving up a two-out triple to No. 9 hitter Tyrone Taylor within the seventh, the 23-year-old rookie – who made his fourth main league look – didn’t need to come out.
“I like the fact yesterday that when I went out there, he didn’t want to come out,” Cora mentioned. “Not too many kids are going to do that right away at the big-league level. It’s something that caught my attention. I don’t take it in a bad way, it’s the other way around. This kid wants to be in the middle of this, and all of them. Kutter was making fun of me the other day. I was like, ‘Are you OK?’ He was like, ‘Yeah, I threw 65 pitches yesterday.’ The fact that they want to compete and be part of this is impressive.”
Downs optioned
To make room for Arroyo’s return, the Red Sox optioned Jeter Downs again to Triple-A, ending a three-week spell for the rookie, who struggled to provide offensively in his first prolonged look within the majors. Downs struck out 18 occasions and had simply six hits and one stroll in 37 plate appearances, and he’ll take loads of issues to work on again in Worcester.
“It was a good learning experience for him,” Cora mentioned. “We talked about just a few issues he must do on the Triple-A degree that he noticed right here that he can really benefit from. Put the ball in play with two strikes, bunt just a few occasions, that will likely be necessary. Use the entire discipline. Defensively, I do know he didn’t play brief however he performed some good second base, studying the place at third base, made some good performs and we had been very happy.
“The offensive part is what we’ve got to keep working on. One thing we’ve been talking about the last week, week and a half, is the ability to make contact at this level.” …
Michael Wacha pitched a three-inning simulated recreation at Fenway Park on Saturday and appeared good, Cora mentioned. He’ll probably have a rehab task this coming week.
Rafael Devers took some at-bats in opposition to Wacha, and the third baseman continues to appear to be he’ll return when he’s eligible to come back off the injured listing on Tuesday in Houston. He additionally took some grounders and ran the bases after the sim recreation. He most likely received’t want a rehab task, however Cora requested him anyway.
“I asked Raffy if he wants to go to Portland and buy some stuff for the kids up there. He said he’ll buy me something in Houston,” the supervisor mentioned. “Hopefully he’ll be with us whenever he can come off. He’s good. … Everything is trending that he’ll be with us as soon as possible.”
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