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Chris Perez Out 4–6 Weeks With Strained Left Oblique

From Nick Camino of WTAM 1100 in Cleve­land comes word that Indi­ans closer Chris Perez is expected to be side­lined for the next 4–6 weeks after suf­fer­ing a left inter­nal oblique strain dur­ing his first bullpen ses­sion of the spring.

Tribe trainer Lon­nie Soloff told reporters Sun­day in camp that Perez’s “body wasn’t ready for the inten­sity” of the throw­ing ses­sion, hint­ing at a pos­si­ble off­sea­son con­di­tion­ing issue.

The Indi­ans aren’t rul­ing him out for Open­ing Day, but Perez would have to return on the early side of his recov­ery timetable and then really grind over the final few weeks of spring train­ing in order to avoid land­ing on the season-opening dis­abled list.

If Perez isn’t ready, look for tal­ented setup man Vin­nie Pes­tano to han­dle save chances in the early going.

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