{"id":688365,"date":"2026-06-06T18:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/688365\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T18:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:17:11","slug":"red-sox-reveal-aroldis-chapman-injury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/688365\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Reveal Aroldis Chapman Injury News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Red Sox<\/a> have revealed that closer Aroldis Chapman<\/a> has been dealing with a minor hamstring issue for about a week while continuing to pitch through it. According to Tim Healey of The Boston Globe, manager Chad Tracy confirmed that Chapman has managed the minor hamstring issue while continuing to pitch through it.<\/p>\n

Chapman appeared in the ninth inning against New York and delivered a scoreless frame to secure the save. He worked through some early control issues in the outing.<\/p>\n

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The 38-year-old walked two of the first three batters he faced in the ninth inning, which put pressure on Boston<\/a> late in the game. He then settled and closed the inning without allowing a hit, finishing the job despite the shaky start.<\/p>\n

Chapman recorded his 13th save of the season in the win. After the early walks, he retired Jos\u00e9 Caballero<\/a> on a fly out to right field and then got Trent Grisham<\/a> to ground out to first base to end the game. The performance continued a strong run of form for Chapman despite the minor injury concern.<\/p>\n

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Over his last 15.2 innings, he has not allowed a run and has struck out 23 batters while collecting 11 saves during that span. That run of form has kept him among the top late-inning relievers in the American League this season.<\/p>\n

Across the 2026 season, Chapman has posted a 0.46 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP over 19.2 innings, showing consistent effectiveness in high-leverage situations. His 13 saves currently tie him with David Bednar<\/a> for the third-most in the American League, behind Cade Smith<\/a> with 21 and Bryan Baker<\/a> with 16.<\/p>\n

Even with the hamstring issue, Chapman has continued to take the mound without missing time, and Boston has relied on him heavily to close out tight games. The team has not indicated that the injury will require a roster move, but it continues to monitor his condition as he works through it.<\/p>\n

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Boston Red Sox pitcher Aroldis Chapman (44).\u00a9 Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Cuban-born American has previously played in MLB<\/a> for the Cincinnati Reds<\/a>, New York Yankees<\/a>, Chicago Cubs<\/a>, Kansas City Royals<\/a>, Texas Rangers<\/a> and Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a>, as well as in the Cuban National Series for Holgu\u00edn.<\/p>\n

Chapman holds the record for the fastest pitch in major league baseball history at 105.8 miles per hour (170.3 km\/h) and the record for the most consecutive relief appearances with a strikeout (49). He joined the Red Sox in December 2024 on a one-year deal worth $10.75 million before agreeing to a contract extension in August 2025 for the 2026 season worth $13.3 million, including a vesting option for the 2027 season.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 6, 2026, where it first appeared in the MLB<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox have revealed that closer Aroldis Chapman has been dealing with a minor hamstring issue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[13196,8731,374,110084,34620,290013,479,2319,39466,40912,2321,363,369,12940,2240,99,2330,115250,4710],"class_list":["post-688365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aroldis-chapman","tag-boston","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-bryan-baker","tag-cade-smith","tag-chad-tracy","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-david-bednar","tag-jose-caballero","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-ninth-inning","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-sports","tag-texas-rangers","tag-tim-healey","tag-trent-grisham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}