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Kelly suffered an elbow harm towards the Tampa Bay Rays on April 12.
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Crimson Sox pitcher Zack Kelly acquired one step nearer to a serious league return, making a rehab begin in Excessive-A Greenville on Friday evening.
The appropriate-handed reliever hasn’t pitched since his harm towards the Tampa Bay Rays on April 12. He left the mound in seen ache, drawing the eye of Alex Cora and Boston’s medical workers. Shortly after, he underwent surgical procedure on his proper elbow.
On Friday, Kelly pitched one inning within the first leg of his rehab schedule. He retired the facet in 4 batters and not using a hit, incomes a pair of strikeouts, and strolling one batter.
Kelly appeared in simply six video games as a reduction pitcher for the Crimson Sox in 2023, previous to his harm. He registered six strikeouts throughout 7 1/3 innings pitched, whereas giving up six hits and three runs, with a 3.68 ERA. In 4 of these outings, he didn’t enable a run.
Kelly is 28 years outdated however didn’t make his first main league look till late August of 2022. Previous to that, he was working his approach via the minor leagues for 5 years. Kelly had one other elbow harm earlier in his profession which he had surgical procedure to restore in 2020. He entered into the Crimson Sox minor league system the next season.
When Kelly did arrive in Boston, he made his outings depend. In 2022, he had 13 reduction appearances and held opponents scoreless in all however three of these video games.
If Kelly doesn’t endure any setbacks in his rehab course of, he might make his approach again to Boston’s bullpen earlier than the tip of the season.
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