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Jesse Rogers
SAN FRANCISCO — The Boston Red Sox are pausing pitcher Kutter Crawford‘s rehab on account of a wrist harm, in response to supervisor Alex Cora.
Crawford, 29, hasn’t pitched in a sport this season on account of knee and wrist points. He threw his second bullpen session of the week Friday within the hopes of progressing to a rehab task however suffered a setback with the wrist.
The proper-hander is ready to fly to Boston for additional testing within the coming days.
“He wasn’t in a position to generate velocity,” Cora stated Saturday morning. “That is a priority.”
Crawford made a league-high 33 begins final season, compiling 183⅔ innings, however a lingering knee concern prevented him from beginning the 12 months wholesome. That was adopted by wrist ache, resulting in him being shut down.
“We’ll know extra subsequent week,” Cora stated.
In the meantime, newly acquired pitcher Jordan Hicks (toe) will start a rehab task with Triple-A Worcester on Sunday, and third baseman Alex Bregman (quad) can also be progressing.
“[Saturday] was an enormous day for him,” Cora stated.
Cora indicated Bregman tends to say he is additional alongside than could be true, so the staff will check with docs whereas additionally listening to the participant when it comes to when he is able to return.
“We all the time evaluate him to Dustin [Pedroia],” Cora stated with a smile. “If Dustin stated 80%, I would say it was 65%. “However he is [Bregman] feeling higher. He is enthusiastic about all the things happening right here. Simply keen to return again.”