Overview
- Hader remains limited to playing catch and has yet to throw a bullpen session during camp, with Espada acknowledging the window for March 26 is tightening.
- Hader’s biceps inflammation surfaced after soreness in a pre-camp bullpen, and he has not thrown at mound intensity since the setback.
- Espada said Hader will continue catch work through the weekend as the club monitors when to advance his throwing progression.
- Hader ended last season with a left shoulder capsule sprain, avoided surgery, completed a November throwing program, and the club may be cautious given his five-year, $95 million deal.
- Bryan Abreu is the likely interim closer if Hader opens on the IL, while Enyel De Los Santos has resumed throwing and is expected to work off a mound next week.