JUPITER – Martin Prado will not be able to play on Opening Day.
Prado underwent an MRI on Saturday that revealed a grade 1 strain to his right hamstring, an injury he suffered earlier in the week while playing for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.
Prado, 33, hopes to be back with the team some time during the first month of the season, but even that isn’t a certainty.
"I want to make sure that I’m 100 percent and not trying to rush this," Prado said. "First of all, I just have to get pain-free running.