Report: No surgery needed, but Adam Duvall expected to miss 6-to-8 weeks
BOSTON -- Adam Duvall was off to an incredible start to his Red Sox career. That will now be put on pause after the center fielder suffered a wrist injury on Sunday.
Duvall was placed on the Injured List on Monday after he was forced out of Sunday's 4-1 victory over the Tigers in the bottom of the ninth with a left wrist injury. He suffered a distal radius fracture in his wrist, the team announced Monday.
The Red Sox did not provide a timetable for Duvall's return, but he reportedly doesn't need surgery on his wrist. That could mean Duvall could be back within 6-to-8 weeks.
Duvall was hurt diving for a fly ball after his glove appeared to get stuck in the grass as he tried to make a play on a shot to center by Detroit first baseman Spencer Torkelson. He was holding his wrist when he got up, and left the field with Sox manager Alex Cora and a team trainer.
The injury is a big concern for Duvall and the Red Sox, considering his 2022 season was cut short because of a left wrist injury, limiting him to just 86 games.
Boston recalled Bobby Dalbec from Triple-A on Monday to take Duvall's place on the roster. Rob Refsnyder is getting the start in center field for the Sox, when they open a four-game set with the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersberg.
Duvall, who signed a one-year, $7 million deal with Boston in the offseason, was hitting .455 with four home runs and 14 RBI over his first eight games with the Red Sox.
