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Red Sox injuries: Connor Wong ahead of schedule, Masataka Yoshida having ‘good days and bad’
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- Red Sox injuries: Connor Wong ahead of schedule, Masataka Yoshida having ‘good days and bad’
BOSTON — The Red Sox currently have a handful of players on the Injured List. On Friday, manager Alex Cora offered some updates on a number of them.
Kutter Crawford (knee) threw off the mound at Fenway Friday afternoon, with an eye toward a live batting practice session soon and, the team hopes, a rehab assignment to follow.
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Cora noted that Crawford's "up-and-down," simulating a game, was a "big step. He's feeling better. Every report I get is that, that he's trending in the right direction. So, we just have to wait. The thing with him is, he felt like last year, the knee didn't help him and he wants to avoid that. Everything we get from the medical (staff) and he had an MRI in spring training and the knee is OK, so now, it's just a ramp-up and get him there. We'll get there when we get there, but the most important thing is for him to keep getting the repetitions and keep felling better and hopefully he can get going soon."
Masataka Yoshida (shoulder) remains in extended spring training in Fort Myers , getting some reps in the outfield.
"He has his good days and bad days throwing," offered Cora. "That's where we're stuck right now. Offensively, he's on point. But the throwing part, he's had good weeks and bad weeks. We need more good weeks than bad ones."
Finally, catcher Connor Wong (fractured pinky) is making good progress.
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"(He hit) off the tee today," said Cora. "He's done some defensive work, but not actually caught bullpens or a machine. I gave him kind of a timeline (to return) and he was like, 'What? That's too late.' I said, 'OK, you're feeling good, huh?' I think they're going to add stuff defensively in the upcoming days. He feels like defensively, he's not going to have trouble. If that happens, (get) a couple of at-bats (on a rehab assignment), go down there, do your thing and join us as soon as possible."
Cora said he estimated that Wong could be back with the parent club in two and a half weeks, but Wong thinks he can beat that projection.
