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With hand healed, Arroyo getting back in groove

ST. PETERSBURG -- Count new Rays infielder Christian Arroyo among the group working out together Friday morning at Tropicana Field.

Arroyo, who came to Tampa Bay in the trade that sent Evan Longoria to San Francisco, appears to be over the broken left hand that ended his 2017 season, and he'll be good to go at the beginning of Spring Training. After a Jan. 9 visit to surgeon Donald Sheridan in Arizona, Arroyo was cleared for baseball activities.

"The hand is great," Arroyo said. "Right now, it's about getting back into baseball shape.