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| Friday, March 9 | |||||
| Garciaparra still expected for Opening Day | |||||
| FORT MYERS, Fla. – The big problem for the struggling
Boston Red Sox is developing off the field. Nomar Garciaparra's
wrist injury may be worse than first thought.
He'll wear a cast for another one to two weeks, adding nearly a
week to the original estimate made last Wednesday when the injury
was announced, general manager Dan Duquette said Tuesday.
That means Garciaparra, who won the last two AL batting titles,
may not get the cast removed from his right wrist until March 20.
But Duquette said he still could be ready for the season opener
April 2 at Baltimore.
"He had a new cast put on yesterday and we're in the resting
period," Duquette said Tuesday. "We're just going to be very
conservative in spring training."
Garciaparra has a split tendon and inflammation in the wrist, an
injury traced back to Sept. 25, 1999 when he was hit by a pitch
from Baltimore's Al Reyes.
He played last year with mild discomfort but the injury flared
up in spring training.
Duquette's not ready to make a trade yet, preferring to evaluate
shortstop candidates in camp. They include Lou Merloni, Craig
Grebeck, Mike Lansing and Jon Shave.
But Shave had an MRI on an injured left knee Monday and "wasn't
as far along as I hoped" on Tuesday, he said.
And Lansing made one error in Tuesday's 7-3 loss to Pittsburgh
after Merloni and Grebeck made two each in last Thursday night's
12-5 loss to Minnesota.
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