JUPITER, Fla. • Some of the same concerns that hounded Carlos Martinez throughout this past season and left the righthanded pitcher "afraid," in his words, to throw at full strength have resurfaced and halted his spring training.
Martinez has been removed from the team's throwing program and will take the next two weeks to focus on strengthening his right shoulder and participating in other baseball drills, manager Mike Shildt said Tuesday morning. The righthander had an MRI on Monday that did not reveal any additional structural damage -- Shildt said the shoulder looked the same Monday as it did in 2016 -- but there are areas of weakness around the shoulder that are prohibiting Martinez from recovering after he throws.