BOSTON — Red Sox reliever Joely Rodríguez’s season might be over following one other setback within the left-hander’s injury-riddled season, supervisor Alex Cora mentioned Sunday.

Currently on the 15-day injured checklist since July 31 with proper hip irritation, the 31-year-old Rodríguez felt one thing within the higher hip when he was throwing a bullpen session just a few days in the past.

“It’s tough because he was throwing the ball well,” Cora mentioned. “The upper hip, the other side of it.”

Asked if it was potential that Rodríguez wouldn’t be again this season, Cora mentioned: “Yeah, there’s a good chance.”

Signed to a $2 million, one-year contract through the offseason with a workforce choice for 2024, Rodríguez has been on the injured checklist thrice. He began the season on the IL with a strained proper indirect and has pitched in simply 11 video games, posting a 6.55 ERA over 11 innings.

He additionally missed just a little greater than a month due to left shoulder irritation earlier than coming again in early July.

“Now, we just have to make sure we get him right,” Cora mentioned.

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