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WEST SACRAMENTO — Red Sox left fielder Roman Anthony restarted his hitting progression on Wednesday after being shut down for approximately nine weeks.
The 22-year-old tore a ligament under his right ring finger while swinging during an at-bat in Detroit on May 4.
He initially resumed hitting but his progression was halted on May 28, when he felt discomfort in his injured hand while hitting off a tee.
“Roman has started swinging a bat. Off a tee, short flips, there’s some of that action going on,” interim manager Chad Tracy said before Boston’s game against the Athletics on Thursday. “It’s mainly up to about 30 swings at this time and he’s doing well.”
Anthony has been rehabbing at the Red Sox’ JetBlue Park Complex in Fort Myers since early July.
“There’s no clear next steps yet,” Tracy said. “He just started doing it. It’s probably going to remain that way for a little while and see how he’s feeling. And then if that continues to go well, then we’ll start talking about building out a progression to more stuff. But he at least has a bat in his hand swinging.”
Asked if Anthony is pain-free, Tracy replied that he just keeps being told Anthony feels good.
“That’s where he’s at right now,” Tracy said. “And we’ll see how that continues over the coming days and see if we can get it going further.”
Anthony swung again Thursday, a day after resuming his progression.
Anthony appeared in 30 games this season before the injury, batting .229 with a .354 on-base percentage, .321 slugging percentage and .675 OPS in 130 plate appearances. He has just one home run, five doubles, one triple and five RBIs.
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Sox confirm Mead won’t need surgery
The Red Sox confirmed that newly acquired Curtis Mead will not need surgery after breaking his wrist.
Mead suffered the non-displaced fracture during his Red Sox debut Monday when he got hit with a 94.9 mph fastball.
“He’s going to be re-imaged in four weeks,” Tracy said. “So in the cast-splint type thing and re-imaging in four weeks and we’ll go from there.”
One source told MassLive that Mead was given a “tentative” timeline of 6-8 weeks. The regular season ends eight weeks from Sunday, on September 27.
The Red Sox are hopeful he will play again this season.
“I wouldn’t say there’s any reason to rule him out based on those findings,” Tracy said. “But we’ll know a lot more in four weeks once they re-image and see how it’s healed.”
The Sox acquired Mead from the Nationals on Saturday for starting pitcher Connelly Early.
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