If this Red Sox season wasn’t already greater than midway into the bottom, they took one other huge hit on Wednesday.
Kenley Jansen examined constructive for coronavirus and is occurring the COVID-related injured record, supervisor Alex Cora introduced Wednesday afternoon. The group has but to announce the corresponding transfer.
The veteran nearer hadn’t pitched in six days when he took the mound for the ninth inning on Tuesday night time. He ended up solely going through two batters – giving up a leadoff stroll to Oswaldo Cabrera and a single to Everson Pereira – earlier than his supervisor and a coach got here out to gather him. The Red Sox introduced that he’d been eliminated with “fatigue and illness symptoms.”
The veteran nearer had been feeling underneath the climate and coping with a lingering hamstring concern. Earlier within the week, he was seen carrying a masks within the clubhouse.
Under this season’s Covid protocol, Jansen should stay on the record for not less than seven days. He’s the second Red Sox participant (Brennan Bernardino) to go on the COVID-19 injured record within the final month after over a 12 months and not using a single placement.
Jansen was Boston’s lone All-Star this season and their first true nearer in a number of years. He owns a 3.63 ERA throughout 51 video games, together with 42 completed, and has transformed 29 saves.
How will the Red Sox handle with out him?
“We’ll see how it goes,” Cora stated. “Mix and match.”
Injury updates
Cora stated Corey Kluber “felt good” after his Tuesday night rehab look, his second with Triple-A Worcester. The veteran hurler tossed 2 ⅔ scoreless innings within the WooSox’s 10-2 win over the Syracuse Mets, throwing 35 pitches (23 strikes). He allowed a leadoff single, then retired seven of the following 9 batters confronted.
Kluber has been out since June 20 with shoulder irritation. Could he rejoin the group within the coming days? “We’ll see what’s next,” his supervisor stated.
Zack Kelly (shoulder surgical procedure) will pitch two innings for Double-A Portland on Friday.
During a quick break from this week’s limitless rain, Kaleb Ort (elbow irritation) threw one inning of dwell batting observe at Fenway. Joely Rodriguez (hip) is “progressing,” Cora stated, and has been throwing on flat floor.
Offseason plans
With the common season ending in a bit over two weeks and the Red Sox all however formally eradicated from the Wild Card hunt, gamers are beginning to make their offseason plans.
On Wednesday, Cora expressed a hope that a number of of his group’s youthful gamers will spend a while taking part in winter ball.
“There are certain guys that, we want them to go,” the supervisor stated. “We’re not against (Enmanuel Valdez) taking part in, I feel it might profit him.
“And (Wilyer) Abreu, too,” Cora stated, then added, “Unless he plays a lot the last two weeks. Maybe that’s the case.”
There’s each danger and reward to a participant spending time in one of many winter leagues; accidents can impression and derail spring coaching and their subsequent season. But if a participant needs to go, Cora stated they’ll have a dialog and “kind of like, map it out.”
On the farm
In their closing homestand of the season, the WooSox set a brand new Triple-A house-run document. Niko Kavadas’ fourth-inning dwelling run tied the 1996 Pawtucket Red Sox’s document of 209, Narciso Crook’s homer broke it within the backside of the sixth.
Kavadas homered once more within the seventh for his first Triple-A multi-homer sport. Entering Wednesday, the 24-year-old infielder/outfielder has 4 dwelling runs in his final 5 video games.
Shane Drohan’s first first look since Aug. 30 was an odd one. Though the group’s No. 18 prospect pitched a hitless, shutout 3 ⅔ innings with three strikeouts, by the point he walked off the mound, he’d additionally walked seven batters.
Around the league
Max Scherzer’s season is over. The 39-year-old ace suffered a strained teres main, the muscle that connects the scapula and humerus, Texas Rangers basic supervisor Chris Young introduced on Wednesday afternoon.
It’s an enormous blow to the Rangers, who entered Wednesday with an 80-64 document. They’re one sport out of first within the American League West and holding the second of the three AL Wild Cards.
The Rangers acquired Scherzer from the New York Mets earlier than final month’s commerce deadline, hoping the three-time Cy Young and 2019 World Series champion might assist them make their first postseason since 2016. The Texas group is likely one of the final franchises and not using a single championship; they misplaced their solely two World Series appearances, to the San Francisco Giants in 2010 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011.
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