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AL East Notes: Castillo, Workman, Bogaerts, Reimold, Jays

By Steve Adams | April 14, 2015 at 5:23pm CDT

The Red Sox have placed Rusney Castillo on the Minor League disabled list due to a shoulder injury suffered in a diving  attempt for a fly ball, writes Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald. Manager John Farrell said Castillo will be out for “a little bit of time” and downplayed the possibility of the injury being a long-term problem. However, as Mastrodonato points out, injuries have already followed Castillo through his brief time with the Red Sox. A thumb injury ended his Arizona Fall League season, an oblique injury sidelined him for a portion of Spring Training, and he’ll now miss an unknown amount of time due to this shoulder injury. Farrell didn’t want to say that Castillo is predisposed to injuries, but the manager did acknowledge that Castillo has an aggressive style of play, seemingly suggesting that it does increase the chance for minor injuries.

More on the Red Sox and their division…

  • Red Sox right-hander Brandon Workman is headed to see Dr. James Andrews to get a second opinion on his ailing right elbow, tweets CSN New England’s Sean McAdam. The thought at this time, according to McAdam, is that surgery will not be required. Workman was placed on the Major League 15-day DL yesterday in a move that may seem curious because he’d been optioned to Triple-A at the end of Spring Training. However, via NESN.com’s Ricky Doyle, Farrell said that Workman’s elbow flared up in his final spring outing. Had he gone on the Minor League DL, I’d imagine that Workman and his agents could’ve theoretically filed a grievance, stating that he was optioned and placed on the DL in the Minors to prevent him from accumulating service time.
  • In more injury news for the Sox, Xander Bogaerts is being sent to have an MRI on his right knee, tweets the Boston Globe’s Alex Speier. Bogaerts injured the knee running the bases last night and was swapped out of the lineup for Brock Holt, who is filling in at short for Boston tonight.
  • Orioles outfielder Nolan Reimold is suing Johns Hopkins Hospital for negligent medical care, alleging that he was cleared to return to baseball too soon following neck surgery, according to Justin Fenton, Meredith Cohn and Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun. Reimold underwent surgery to repair a C5-C6 disk herniation in his neck in 2012 and was cleared to return to baseball seven months later. However, Reimold continually experienced pain, and follow-up x-rays at a Florida medical facility later that year showed that the bones had not yet fused, according to Reimold’s suit. He had “revision surgery” that July after playing 40 games and posting a career-low OPS+ of 59. Reimold’s suit claims that his doctor “negligently misinterpreted the film and/or failed to consider the official radiology report.”
  • Blue Jays players feel that the Rogers Centre’s new artificial turf is slowing down ground-balls a considerable amount, writes Shi Davidi of Sportsnet. Jose Bautista told Davidi that it “feels like no balls are going to get to the wall” unless they’re one-hoppers, and he felt that the turf may also impact players when running. Rays skipper Kevin Cash said that from his vantage point, “It appeared as if the ball was never getting to you.” Bautista feels that the turf will change over time as the material settles, but I’d imagine this won’t be the only time we hear about this topic in the early stages of the season.
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15 Comments

  1. Draven Moss

    10 years ago

    It would be sad if Bogaerts went down with an injury. The kid has been on fire lately.

    Reply
    • frogbogg

      10 years ago

      Day to day. Results were negative.

      Reply
  2. Rally Weimaraner

    10 years ago

    Castillo is not predisposed to injuries hes just aggressive, that’s like saying my dog isn’t violent he is just misunderstood so he bites you.

    Reply
    • alex navarrette

      10 years ago

      Kind of, except in Castillo’s case you take the good with the bad if his aggressive play leads to good things for you. In your dog’s case…

      Reply
  3. Tanthalas

    10 years ago

    Well, we didn’t see one ball hit hard along the new RC turf from either team last night. It will be interesting to see what the turf does to such balls. I can say all that material it kicks up on bouncers is pretty ugly to look at.

    Reply
    • Tyler Young

      10 years ago

      It looks a lot better though… And softer so less complaints on injuries… People are going to complain either way. The turf will settle down and compact, it won’t be as soft for long.

      Reply
      • Tanthalas

        10 years ago

        Yeah, I know a lot of Jays fans will complain if it’s slow and there’s less offense, but I would rather it be easier for the players to play on. It’s fair for both teams either way.

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        • Tyler Young

          10 years ago

          And plus its your home park. Make it your advantage. If you know the ground is soft easy for groundballs, get a slew of groundball pitchers.. Use the advantages that the park gives you. But yea, as long as its not changing every half inning and no players are complaining of pain or getting injured, I could care less.

          Reply
    • edwing

      10 years ago

      I think that ground up car tire material is for sliding and stuff. I think if you were to slide on turf without that rubber it would burn your pant legs off. I’m not totally sure about that though.

      Reply
  4. Big Giant Head

    10 years ago

    Artificial turf just needs to go away….

    Reply
    • DAKINS

      10 years ago

      It is, just not until 2018.

      Reply
  5. C. McCarthy

    10 years ago

    Maybe if the Jays tried playing REAL baseball on REAL grass, they wouldn’t have this problem. Their stadium is worse than any place in baseball outside Tampa.

    Reply
    • Rheinfan

      10 years ago

      I agree that it would be better on real grass…and that day will come…but I personally really like the stadium and its location in the city… I find it a great place to catch a game.

      Reply
    • DAKINS

      10 years ago

      Which is why the Jays are spending lots of money to get grass in the Dome in 2018.

      Reply
  6. NRD1138 2

    10 years ago

    My guess is they need to check Rusney’s diet and overall health. It has been documented that players from Cuba seem to be suffering from vitamin deficiency and conditioning. Baseball will take care of the conditioning, but they need to ensure they guys are not short on essential vitamins for bone health and the like.

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