While spring training offers MLB teams and players a great opportunity to get ready before the start of the regular season, it inevitably leads to injuries that change the tenor of a team’s season.
The Guardians got that scare in a huge way on Sunday when star infielder José Ramírez exited Sunday’s spring training game due to left shoulder inflammation that popped up after he slid into third base during the Guardians’ spring outing against the A’s.
Although manager Stephen Vogt described Ramírez as “day-to-day” after the game, it was a wake up call that should (hopefully) lead to Vogt and the Guardians wrapping Ramírez in bubble wrap for the rest of the spring.