{"id":23414,"date":"2025-02-04T03:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23414"},"modified":"2025-02-04T03:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:12:10","slug":"update-garrett-whitlock-provides-injury-update-as-red-sox-spring-training-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23414","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Garrett Whitlock provides injury update as Red Sox spring training nears"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Baltimore Orioles v Boston Red Sox\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_74,w_5331,h_2998\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/14\/01jk6k1167p0jxd78b43.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore Orioles v Boston Red Sox\" width=\"5331\" height=\"2998\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Baltimore Orioles v Boston Red Sox\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>Baltimore Orioles v Boston Red Sox | Paul Rutherford\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Boston Red Sox lost a couple of starting pitchers to injury early in the 2024 season, Lucas Giolito and Garrett Whitlock.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Both players experienced their second bouts with ulnar collateral ligament damage in their throwing elbow and underwent the internal brace procedure to repair it. The surgery is billed as having a shorter recovery time than Tommy John surgery, and Giolito and Whitlock may prove that to be true.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In a recent report from Ian Browne of MLB.com,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/redsox\/news\/lucas-giolito-garrett-whitlock-doing-rehab-work-together\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/redsox\/news\/lucas-giolito-garrett-whitlock-doing-rehab-work-together\" aria-label=\"Whitlock said he expects to post a full, healthy spring training - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">Whitlock said he expects to post a full, healthy spring training<\/a>\u00a0less than nine months removed from his season-ending surgery. The righty will prepare to pitch out of the bullpen, as many of Boston&#8217;s pitching additions \u2014 Garrett Crochet, Walker Buehler and Patrick Sandoval \u2014 need rotation spots.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Whitlock&#8217;s lengthy injury history has had some fans wondering if he should&#8217;ve been permanently moved to the bullpen some time ago. The righty had an incredibly successful season out of the bullpen in 2021, his rookie year, when he clocked a 1.96 ERA with 81 strikeouts and 17 walks over 73.1 innings of work.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Garrett Whitlock fully healthy before Red Sox spring training, just nine months after season-ending surgery<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">A full, healthy spring training will allow Whitlock to put his relief experience to good use and potentially compete for Boston&#8217;s closer job. In a Dec. 9 story from Chris Cotillo of\u00a0<em>MassLive<\/em>\u00a0at the Winter Meetings, the Red Sox mentioned\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/redsox\/2024\/12\/red-sox-know-likely-role-for-garrett-whitlock-but-big-9th-inning-question-looms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/redsox\/2024\/12\/red-sox-know-likely-role-for-garrett-whitlock-but-big-9th-inning-question-looms.html\" aria-label=\"the possibility of using Whitlock in the late innings. - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">the possibility of using Whitlock in the late innings.<\/a>\u00a0Liam Hendriks and Justin Slaten are also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bosoxinjection.com\/an-updated-look-at-the-red-soxs-2025-closer-options\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/bosoxinjection.com\/an-updated-look-at-the-red-soxs-2025-closer-options\">expected to be in the mix for the closer position<\/a>, along with the Sox&#8217;s biggest relief signing of the winter, Aroldis Chapman.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Red Sox could also use Whitlock in a more flexible role as a middle-innings or long reliever. Such a move would make sense<a href=\"https:\/\/bosoxinjection.com\/alex-coras-update-on-garrett-whitlock-increases-red-soxs-need-for-starters\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/bosoxinjection.com\/alex-coras-update-on-garrett-whitlock-increases-red-soxs-need-for-starters\">\u00a0if Boston hopes to use Whitlock as a depth starter,\u00a0<\/a>although it may not need to with Richard Fitts, Quinn Priester and Cooper Criswell available for spot starts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It&#8217;s reassuring to hear Whitlock is healthy and ready to go for spring training, especially since the Red Sox haven&#8217;t added another major league reliever since it signed Chapman in December. Sox fans won&#8217;t have to wait much longer to see where Whitlock lands in the &#8216;pen \u2014 pitchers and catchers are slated to report to JetBlue Park in Fort Myers on Feb. 12, and spring training games begin with a bout against Northeastern on Feb. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore Orioles v Boston Red Sox | Paul Rutherford\/GettyImages The Boston Red Sox lost a couple of starting pitchers to injury early in the 2024 season, Lucas&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE: Garrett Whitlock provides injury update as Red Sox spring training nears - 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