Red Sox: Players could struggle to stay in shape during lockdown

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts describes the challenges of working out and staying prepared with an uncertain timeline to return to baseball.

MLB players, they’re just like us! At least the line has drawn closer during this period of isolation while we distance ourselves from society during a global pandemic. Quarantine has forced players to alter their daily routines, a concern that Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts addressed in a recent interview with GQ.

It’s more difficult to maintain a schedule when you have nowhere to be for the foreseeable future. Bogaerts no longer feels the need to wake up for 8 a.m. workouts. Instead, he rolls out of bed and fires up the PlayStation.

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