“This was a case where we wanted to make sure that he found out the right way, so we let him under the hood a little early and that turned out to be valuable because it obviously took a lot of time for the I's to be dotted and the T’s crossed," Bloom said.
Red Sox trade Kike Hernandez to Dodgers for two minor-league pitchers
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BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale suffered a setback in his recovery from a fractured rib cage suffered in late February, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said before Saturday’s game against the Chicago White Sox.
Red Sox lefty Sale dealing with setback after rib fracture
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