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Red Sox Hurler Reports To Camp With Injury Amid Trade Rumors

Boston has its first spring training ailment

Scott Neville

Red Sox Hurler Reports To Camp With Injury Amid Trade Rumors
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It did not take long for the first Boston Red Sox player to suffer a setback during spring training -- in fact, the player in question entered camp with a minor injury. 

The Red Sox kicked off camp far healthier than they were a season ago -- as many players such as Trevor Story, Garrett Whitlock and Tanner Houck came into spring training rehabbing post-surgery -- but one minor injury could interfere with the club's roster construction plans.

"Closer Kenley Jansen did not participate in the first official workout for Red Sox pitchers and catchers Wednesday here at JetBlue Park," MassLive's Christopher Smith wrote Wednesday. "He reported to camp with 'some general lat soreness,' as chief baseball officer Craig Breslow described it."

Jansen reportedly has been on the trade block for weeks if not months as the Red Sox continue to find ways to shed payroll for reasons unknown. The 36-year-old claimed he expects to start throwing in a week or so, which bodes well for Boston should they retain him.

An injury of this magnitude is not enough to derail a potential trade in all likelihood, though it's slightly concerning to see an injury directly involved in an aging veteran's throwing motion. 

What could derail the trade is the Red Sox's reported unwillingness to absorb any of the $16 million remaining on his contract. That also proves that the move would purely be a salary dump to appease the increasingly frugal principal owner John Henry -- who has disgraced the fanbase of his flagship franchise.

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Scott Neville
SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer.  His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu

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