Red Sox Hold First Full Squad Workout; Moncada Arrives
BOSTON (CBS) -- The Boston Red Sox held their first full squad workout of the spring on Wednesday in Fort Myers, Florida.
The team met with owners John Henry, Larry Lucchino and Tom Werner early Wednesday morning before taking the field for the first time as a collective group.
They hit the batting cages and did numerous fielding drills for the first time as a team, though many of the position players have been down in Fort Myers for weeks preparing for the 2015 season. Pitchers and catchers held their first workout of the spring over the weekend.
#RedSox Inf instructor Brian Butterfield working with group on Day 1 of full squad workouts - #wbz pic.twitter.com/RjDJCgbAI8
— Dan Roche (@RochieWBZ) February 25, 2015
Big Papi on Day One of #RedSox full squad workouts here in Fort Myers, Fla - #wbz pic.twitter.com/S8ceFdXJyH
— Dan Roche (@RochieWBZ) February 25, 2015
PHOTOS: Red Sox Spring Training 2015
One big development today is that Yoan Moncada, the Cuban prospect the Red Sox reportedly signed earlier this week, arrived at the team's facilities on Wednesday. He met with the team and underwent his physical.
WBZ-TV's Dan Roche joined 98.5 The Sports Hub's Toucher & Rich Wednesday morning to look ahead to Wednesday, and discuss a few of the bigger topics from Tuesday:
Rochie also had WBZ-TV sports produced Joe Giza write a poem for him, at Fred's request:
@FredToucher This grass is so green
— Dan Roche (@RochieWBZ) February 25, 2015
My pants, no longer clean
Rolling around on the ground
Until the sun went down - #RedSox per @JoeGiza
Brian Butterfield rockin the Pedroia t-shirt here in The Fort - #redsox #wbz pic.twitter.com/JG2y5HlCs3
— Dan Roche (@RochieWBZ) February 25, 2015
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