Instead of serving as a backup designated hitter to Rafael Devers on the Red Sox to open the 2025 season, Masataka Yoshida will get work elsewhere in the opening weeks of April.
Yoshida will begin the year with Triple-A Worcester, Alex Cora confirmed to reporters Saturday. The Red Sox manager shared that the team plans on primarily using Yoshida in the outfield this season, hoping to get him some outfield reps in the minors as part of a rehab stint following offseason shoulder surgery.
“He’s [throwing] up to 100 feet right now,” Cora told reporters, via MassLive’s Christopher Smith.