{"id":35865,"date":"2025-02-21T11:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35865"},"modified":"2025-02-21T11:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T11:55:31","slug":"intriguing-red-sox-reliever-undergoes-mri-for-elbow-soreness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35865","title":{"rendered":"Intriguing Red Sox Reliever Undergoes MRI For &#8216;Elbow Soreness&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2014809\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->The Boston Red Sox might not be all full-strength with their bullpen once spring training exhibition games begin.<\/p>\n<p>Rookie relief pitcher Zach Penrod, a member of Boston\u2019s 40-man roster, has experienced elbow soreness in Fort Myers, Fla. The 27-year-old debuted with the Red Sox last September and made seven appearances, pitching to a 2.25 ERA across four innings of relief. It helped give Penrod a brief taste of the big leagues, but now the left-hander is unsure of what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had an MRI yesterday,\u201d Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters Thursday, per team-provided video. \u201cWe\u2019re waiting for the results. We\u2019ll know more (on Friday).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penrod battled through a left shin injury last season after getting assigned to Triple-A Worcester in March. Once recovered, Penrod recorded a 4.16 ERA with 93 strikeouts through 22 appearances, including 12 starts, with Worcester before the Red Sox promoted him. Penrod wasn\u2019t slated for a major role this upcoming season with the front office having already bolstered the bullpen through a few notable additions, however, the club is still keeping its fingers crossed and anticipating the best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully everything is OK,\u201d Cora said. \u201cWith the lefties, we\u2019ve got (Aroldis Chapman), we\u2019ve got (Justin) Wilson. We\u2019ve got (Brennan Bernardino). We\u2019ve got Penrod. There\u2019s probably more coming in the upcoming days. We felt like the last few years we had good ones but we were short. So like I said, competition is good. The more the better. (Penrod) is part of the equation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Penrod, formerly of the Texas Rangers, went undrafted in 2018 and spent three years playing independent baseball in the Pioneer League striving to keep his lifelong big league dream alive. If the MRI results put him in the clear, Penrod will undergo his latest journeyman battle to earn a role in Boston down the line. The Red Sox also have fellow left-handed relievers Jovani Mor\u00e1n and Sean Newcomb at camp, joining the team as non-roster invitees this spring.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Red Sox left-handed relief pitcher Zach Penrod is set to undergo an MRI after suffering elbow soreness in spring training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":35866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Intriguing Red Sox Reliever Undergoes MRI For &#039;Elbow Soreness&#039; - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35865\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Intriguing Red Sox Reliever Undergoes MRI For &#039;Elbow Soreness&#039; - 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