‘Best-case scenario’: Alex Cora gives update on Connor Wong’s injury

The best-case scenario is for a competitor not to be injured at all but over a six-week preseason -game season and if a company is lucky postseason that s entirely not realistic Yet if the Red Sox are going to lose starting catcher Connor Wong to a left-hand fracture the specific location of his injury is apparently as ideal as it gets It s a very small one announced manager Alex Cora before Tuesday s contest The hand specialist was explaining to me this is the best-case scenario so hopefully he ll be back with us sooner rather than later In Wong s absence Carlos Narvaez is going to play a lot Cora commented Through five games this season Narvaez is for with three doubles two runs four RBI four walks and two strikeouts He snapped his four-game hitting streak on Monday night when he had to enter the match in Wong s place The Red Sox recalled fellow catcher Blake Sabol from Triple-A as backup In career games in the Majors he s hit with a OPS Through six WooSox games this year four as starting catcher two as designated hitter he s for with a pair of doubles four RBI and five walks