Projo Sox Blog

BY JOE McDONALD
Journal Sports Writer

BOSTON -- For all the talk of Curt Schilling, the Red Sox were quick to put situation behind them and concentrate on baseball. Francona discussed other items concerning the club.

In particular: David Ortiz. The slugger, recovering from a wrist injury, is about 10 days away from picking up a bat, according to the manager.

"David is doing real well," said Francona. "He’s doing his strength and conditioning and has mobility with his wrist. He has very limited pain and he’s doing okay. He still knows it’s there, but he seems to be getting better every day."

Ortiz hasn’t been sitting around doing nothing. He’s been pushing it really hard, according to the manager. Still, the training staff doesn’t want to push him too hard and suffer a setback.

"It needs to heal and we’re going to let it heal," said Francona. "So when he does come back he can come back and be David and not limping through his at-bats; we don’t need that."

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