Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reported that “Eduardo Rodriguez, eight days removed from suffering a subluxation of the patellar tendon of his right knee, still has fluid in the knee and has has yet to pitch off a mound.” Red Sox manager John Farrell said, “there’s still some swelling in the knee that we’re working on to get out of there. That’s the last step here before we get him on the mound and that’s to remove all that fluid.”
Rodriguez burst onto the scene last season, when the Red Sox were losing pitchers to injuries or poor play like it was going out of style.