BOSTON — Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman is headed to get an MRI on his right quad. It sounds like he might be placed on the 10-day injured list as early as today.
“He’s sore,” manager Alex Cora said before Saturday’s doubleheader against the Orioles. “So we’ll see where we’re at. We’ll get the results whenever.”
Bregman’s quad felt worse than he expected it to feel when he woke up this morning.
“I saw him this morning. He’s like, ‘Eh, it’s worse than I thought,’” Cora said. “So let’s see what the MRI shows and we’ll go from there.”
When Cora was asked if it’s trending in the direction of an IL stint, he replied, “I don’t want to jump into conclusions but yes.”
Bregman singled off the left field wall with two down in the fifth inning Friday. As he made the turn at first, he slowed down as the ball was fielded and thrown back into the infield. As Bregman arrived back at first, he immediately signaled to the dugout that he needed to come out of the game.
Cora said DH Rafael Devers, who has started 942 games at third base, is not a candidate as of now to replace Bregman at third.
Cora also was asked if top shortstop prospect Marcelo Mayer is in the conversation for his first MLB call-up.
“There’s a lot of guys in the conversation,” Cora said. “Roster construction comes into play. Guys in the minor leagues, how they fit the roster and all that stuff. So there’s a lot of conversations.”
It’s possible a roster move will be made Saturday.
“We have to wait and see but we obviously we don’t want to play short,” Cora said.
