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Shogo Akiyama isn’t used to sitting out of games because of injuries, but that’s what the Reds outfielder will be doing for the next few weeks because of a left hamstring strain. He will open the regular season on the injured list, the Reds announced Monday.
Akiyama felt something while running to first base on a groundout during Saturday’s game vs. the A’s.
“I heard something before I landed on the base, and after I landed on first base, it felt like I lost some power,” Akiyama said through translator Luke Shinoda. “I knew it was going to take time from the beginning, so I wasn’t really surprised, but I am disappointed to say the least.”
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Michael Kopech is getting used to his new relief role with the Chicago White Sox.
Judging by his first Cactus League appearance, it looks like he’s going to be just fine.
The talented right-hander worked a perfect fourth inning Tuesday against San Diego. It was his first game since he opted out of the pandemic-shortened season for a variety of reasons, including concerns about his mental health.
“It’s been a while, obviously,” Kopech said. “But it just felt good to kind of knock some rust off and get back out there and compete.”
The 24-year-old Kopech, one of baseball’s top pitching prospects, was a starter coming up through the minors and likely will return to Chicago’s rotation at some point. But he is expected to begin the year in the White Sox bullpen.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – There was a smile, then a how we doin guys?, then a wave.
There was Nick Gordon, a former fifth-overall draft pick by the Twins, looking happy and staying optimistic this week on a Zoom call with reporters. His final step to the majors has been frustratingly elusive, but as Gordon talked about his rough 2020 season and the stalled nature of his career, you didn t hear much frustration in his voice.
Gordon, 25, can produce line drives at the plate and play a little short but might be more suited to second base. The son of former major league pitcher Tom Flash Gordon and brother of current major leaguer Dee Strange-Gordon, Nick knows how to be a pro and operates that way.
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