After going a day with no new names added to the COVID-19 related injured list, the Red Sox added their ninth player on Friday.
Outfielder Jarren Duran was placed on the IL Friday. Duran “wasn’t feeling well,” manager Alex Cora said and is awaiting the results of his COVID-19 test.
Kiké Hernández, Xander Bogaerts, Matt Barnes, Christian Arroyo, Hirokazu Sawamura, Martin Pérez, and Yairo Muñoz have all tested positive for COVID-19 dating back to Aug. 27. Reliever Josh Taylor was also placed on the IL due to being a close contact.
In addition to the players, quality control coach Ramón Vázquez and strength and conditioning coach Kiyoshi Momose both tested positive, while first base coach Tom Goodwin is quarantining due to being a close contact.