J.J. Hardy‘s recovery from a shoulder injury has hit a minor bump in the road. The Baltimore Orioles shortstop was expected to begin a rehab assignment on Friday, but that will no longer be the case because Hardy will not be ready, according to Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun.
Hardy was penciled in for a rehab stint with Double-A Bowie, along with third baseman Jimmy Paredes, but after taking batting practice on Wednesday, Hardy took a day off on Thursday. Paredes will still make the trip to Bowie on Friday, then head to Triple-A Norfolk on Saturday, that also comes from The Sun.