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Christian Vazquez to miss 6-8 weeks

We’re catching up on a little bit of Monday’s news here, but the extent of Christian Vazquez’ injury was revealed prior to the series opener against Texas. The catcher underwent tests on his injured finger and they did not give great news. He’s going to need surgery on the fractured pinky on his throwing hand and the recovery is going to keep him out for 6-8 weeks.

Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez to have surgery tomorrow to insert a pin into his fractured finger. Is expected to be out 6-8 weeks. Alex Cora said he is comfortable with Sandy Leon and Blake Swihart.