Like Chapman, Jarren Duran has also found himself stuck in a gyre of trade rumors. He doesn’t seem too stressed about it, though, as he fights through the pressure to follow-up on last year’s star performance. (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)

Boston Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman thinks he’ll be able to pitch in a couple of days after walking off the mound with a back spasm in the eighth inning of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Aroldis Chapman didn’t look like his dominant self in the eighth inning Sunday against the Dodgers, and after facing just three batters he came out with an apparent injury.