After leaving Tuesday’s Grapefruit League game with a strained left hamstring, Red Sox manager has confirmed the expected with Josh Rutledge. The injury is expected to “require some time” to recover, meaning that he will likely start the regular season on the 10-day disabled list, Tim Britton of the Providence Journal reported.
Rutledge had been penciled in as the Red Sox 25th man on the roster, expected to take on a utility infield role. Because the team selected him in the Rule 5 draft, they would have to return him to the Rockies if they were to remove him from the roster in favor of, say, Marco Hernandez.