BRADENTON, Fla. — Somewhere, the chain of communication was missing a link.
The Red Sox are backtracking on comments made by both manager John Farrell and reliever Tyler Thornburg less than three weeks ago.
Thornburg was acquired to be the set-up man out of the bullpen, but instead will start the year on the disabled list with a shoulder impingement. The diagnosis was revealed yesterday and will require the right-hander to rest for at least one week before the Sox evaluate him further.
How did he end up with the impingement?
Thornburg began Grapefruit League play with two long appearances on Feb.