Red Sox slowing down Christian Vazquez's rehab

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The Red Sox are usually one of the more interesting teams to watch during Spring Training, and this year is no different. One of the things that will be worth keeping an eye on, but might be overlooked a little, is the Red Sox catcher situation. In particular, Christian Vazquez, who had to have Tommy John surgery last year and subsequently missed most of last season. The team has been pretty aggressive in recent weeks with his program, but has scaled it back in the past few days. Here's what John Farrell had to say about it yesterday, per Masslive:

"We've slowed it down a little bit over the last five to seven days," manager John Farrell said on Thursday. "He got really aggressive with some throwing, which was part of his schedule, and it was also built in to – I'm not going to say plateau – but we want to be careful we're not going too quick here. How his body talks back to us, how he comes out of these intensive throwing sessions, we adjust accordingly. Not a setback. We've slowed things down a little bit."

It's still unclear as to who will be the Red Sox Opening Day catcher, but Vazquez is sure to factor into the team's plans for 2016 and beyond. I don't mind the "slow and steady" approach from Farrell. Blake Swihart is more than capable of starting at catcher until Vazquez is ready to step in. Until then, it's definitely something worth keeping an eye on.
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