Breaking News: The Red Sox’s injury difficulties persist as they receive awful news for their double ace.

Red Sox get bad news for Chris Murphy, Kenley Jansen as injury woes continue

The regular season hasn’t even started yet and the Boston Red Sox are battling with a slew of injuries. Unfortunately, many of them impact Boston’s already-stressed pitching staff.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora recently revealed an injury to reliever Chris Murphy. The left-hander, one of the only ones on Boston’s staff, underwent an MRI on March 18 to try and discover the cause of his left elbow discomfort.

Murphy has been diagnosed with ligament damage, according to Alex Speier of The Boston Globe. The extent of the damage and whether or not it requires surgery to repair is unknown. The team is working on determining the next steps and answers should be expected in the coming days.

Murphy is one of the more capable left-handed depth options in Boston’s bullpen. Lucas Luetge and Joely Rodríguez are also options, but Murphy has been trusted to make more appearances than either of them.

Chris Murphy and Kenley Jansen’s latest injury updates bring more bad news for the Red Sox

The Red Sox are also battling an unforeseen delay in Kenley Jansen’s recovery time from his various ailments. At the start of spring training, Jansen was dealing with lat soreness that kept him sidelined and slow-played as a precaution for quite some time.

Jansen has made one Grapefruit League appearance for the Red Sox, during which he let up two home runs in .2 innings. The veteran was pulled, and since his first appearance, he’s been healing back issues.

Jansen was scratched from the Red Sox lineup yesterday, but he was still expected to be able to pitch Opening Day — a veteran of Jansen’s caliber only needs a few games to warm up to close games. Today, though, he was scratched again. Cora stated that he’s “running out of time” to be ready for Opening Day, which is a swift turnaround in the expectations for Jansen.