Christian Vázquez spoke to the media for the first time since he was struck in the face with a ball. He was sporting a pretty nasty scar, but he says he’ll be ready for Thursday’s season opener. (Peter Abraham; Boston Globe)
He says that, but Alex Cora is not yet committing to that. In the event that Vázquez does have to miss a short amount of time, how will the Red Sox play things? (Ricky Doyle; NESN)
Earlier in the week, Chaim Bloom had mentioned that the team was not closing the door on potentially adding another pitcher.