The sudden haze that swallowed the production and pep Jhonny Peralta had throughout spring training and left him, at best, lethargic in the field concerned manager Mike Matheny.
The explanation they discovered alarmed Peralta.
“Something is not right,” Peralta said, describing the message from the manager about two weeks ago. “I feel weak in the field. Dizzy, a little bit. No energy in the field. Got tired easy. Everything together — it just did not feel right. I got a lot of questions.”
Zapped by an upper respiratory infection toward the end of a strong spring, Peralta began taking medication — and then experienced side effects that worsened his condition.