Price takes a step
Toronto Blue Jays reliever T.J. House has been released from a hospital, one day after he was hit on the head by a line drive during a spring training game.
House arrived at Toronto’s spring training ballpark during Saturday’s game between the Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies.
“Obviously, it was definitely a rough day yesterday,” House said. “Whirlwind experience. And I’m doing a lot better than I thought I would be doing today.”
House was taken off the field in an ambulance Friday. He was struck in the ninth inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers and taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Test results were normal and he was held overnight for observation, according to the Blue Jays.
“No fractures of the skull or anything, which is great, especially for the force it took,” House said.
House will proceed cautiously for a few days.
“Then we’re going to go from there,” House said. “They have some tests I need to do. Concussion protocol tests, make sure everything’s normal. And that’s going to be progress day by day. We’re going to go as far as my body can take it.” Boston Red Sox lefthander David Price was ahead of schedule for the first step in his recovery from a sore elbow, throwing into a net in a batting cage.
Manager John Farrell said Price made 25 easy tosses before a Red Sox split squad played against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.
After missing the first 13 games of spring training while recovering from sports hernia surgery in November, Elvis Andrus returned to shortstop for Texas, playing four innings without a fielding chance and going 0 for 3 as a Rangers split squad beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1.