The bad news continues for Matt Duffy, who missed most of the games during Spring Training as he battled through a lingering hamstring issue, but he has apparently also privately been dealing with a back injury as well.
Duffy kept his ailing back to himself, until the Rays training staff asked him to check it out, at which time Duffy came clean about the lingering issue.
“They mentioned that they wanted to look at my back just in case something was going on there,’’ he said. “I said, ‘Funny you should ask, I’ve been feeling it for a couple of months.