NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Purple Sox supervisor Alex Cora stated Saturday that Alex Bregman felt good after beginning a operating program at Fenway Park however remains to be removed from getting back from a strained proper quadriceps.
“The development goes nicely,” Cora stated earlier than the Purple Sox continued their collection in opposition to the New York Yankees. “Let’s see how he feels tomorrow after which we’ll go from there, and clearly we’re nonetheless distant from him beginning the baseball development.”
Bregman has been out since Could 23 with a big pressure, just like his left quad pressure that value him 58 video games for the Houston Astros in 2021.
Bregman began the operating program Thursday. He will even have Sunday off earlier than resuming operating later subsequent week.
Signed by the Purple Sox as a free agent to a $120 million, three-year deal through the offseason, Bregman was hitting .299 and 11 homers and 35 RBIs.
Marcelo Mayer, who hit his first profession homer in Friday’s 9-6 loss, has made 10 begins at third base however was not within the lineup in opposition to left-hander Ryan Yarbrough and can probably be out of the lineup in opposition to southpaw Carlos Rodón on Sunday.
The Purple Sox entered Saturday with 9 losses in 13 video games since Bregman was injured.
Crawford prone to throw bullpen session subsequent week
Cora additionally stated Kutter Crawford is prone to throw a bullpen session on the finish of subsequent week as he tries to arrange for a minor league rehabilitation task. On Friday, Cora stated Crawford was prone to throw a bullpen session this weekend.
Crawford hasn’t pitched in a recreation this 12 months due to patellar tendinitis in his proper knee. Cora had stated Monday that the 29-year-old right-hander would begin a rehab task this week, then stated the next day that Crawford felt wrist ache. He stated Friday that Crawford doesn’t have any structural injury.
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