I got a few questions via Twitter that I thought would be easier to answer here, rather than in 140 characters. If you have questions, tweet them to me (@maureenamullen) and I?ll try to answer as many as I can.
Because this is a new, and early, diagnosis, the Red Sox are taking the cautious approach with Napoli. And with spring training a week longer this year, to accommodate the World Baseball Classic, they have the time to do it.
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Napoli had to adjust his off-season workouts, cutting out high-impact work. He has started to run and is doing agility work.
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He?s also taking on a somewhat new position.? In the last few days he?s worked out at first base after the team?s regular workout, taking about 100 groundballs.
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He does not have a schedule for when he will get into games yet, but it could be early next week.
At two years, and $10 million, the plan will be for Gomes to be the regular left fielder. But his career splits are significantly better against lefties -- .284 batting average, .382 on-base percentage, .512 slugging percentage ? than against righties -- .223/.307/.425.
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Manager John Farrell has said he would not limit Gomes. If Gomes shows he can handle righties, he?s going to continue to get the chance.? The Sox will be looking to see how Gomes responds in spring training and early in the regular season.
Barring anything unforeseen, Rubby De La Rosa will most likely start the season in the minor leagues. After Tommy John surgery in August 2011, De La Rosa ? whom the Sox acquired as a player to be named in the August blockbuster trade with the Dodgers -- pitched a total of 13 2/3 innings last season ? two-thirds at the major league level. When he was officially acquired in October, he immediately became one of the Sox? top pitching prospects ? with the ability to flash triple digits on radar guns.
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De La Rosa, who turns 24 on March 4, has never thrown more than 110 1/3 innings in a season. That was in 2010, between the Dodgers? Single-A and Double-A affiliates. In 2011, before he got hurt he pitched a total of 100 2/3 ? 40 at Double-A, 60 2/3 with the Dodgers.
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For all of that, the Sox are going to bring him along slowly this spring. Farrell has said De La Rosa will pitch no more than two innings in any outing this spring.? He will appear in his first game Sunday, following starter Jon Lester.
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However, will we see him in the big leagues at some point this season? ?That is a possibility, depending upon how the major league staff performs this season.
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Jonny Gomes, Maureen Mullen, Mike Napoli
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