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At this point in the Romy Gonzalez injury story, we don’t so much have updates as we have a slow reckoning with reality. Gonzalez injured his shoulder in late September and has not been able to participate in baseball activities ever since. Yesterday, he spoke to the media and conceded that he probably won’t be ready to play by Opening day. Which, yeah, duh. He will have another medical check-in next Friday, but he is already anticipating that he still won’t be cleared to swing a bat then, either. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)
Marcelo Mayer’s recovery from offseason wrist injury hasn’t gotten much attention. That began to change, though, once games got underway and people started saying, “Uh, hey, where’s Marcelo Mayer?” The answer is he’s in Fort Myers, but the Sox have deliberately slowed his hitting work in order to give the wrist more time to heal and strengthen. But the team has now announced that he’ll make his spring debut on Friday. (Ian Browne, MLB.com)
Willson Contreras is healthy, thankfully, and he’s already playing and hitting bombs in a Red Sox uniform. Let’s home he stays healthy, too, because he’s currently the biggest power threat in the Sox lineup. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
With all of the attention Mayer has received since being drafted fourth overall, fellow middle infield prospect Mikey Romero has flown under the radar a bit. But he’s now in his first big league spring training and he thinks you’re sleeping on him. (Rob Bradford, WEEI)
In fact, you don’t have to work too hard to come with some scenarios where Romero ends up getting more playing time with the big league club this year than just about anyone expects. Alex Cora certainly sounds intrigued by him, and wants to get a good long look at how he does playing second base this spring. (Tim Healey, Boston Globe)
And speaking of young guys getting a run at second base in spring training, here’s a look at how Kristian Campbell tried to retool his swing this offseason. (Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic)