Red Sox post big night for Farrell, beat Mariners 15

All things considered, Jon Lester came away from a conversation with John Farrell feeling optimistic about the Boston Red Sox manager’s Stage 1 lymphoma diagnosis.

The news, which Farrell revealed to the public Friday afternoon at Fenway Park, shocked Cherington, who quickly returned to Boston. “We’ll all get through it together and do anything we can to help him”, second baseman Dustin Pedroia said after joining Farrell and designated hitter David Ortiz at a media gathering in which Farrell announced the news.

When Farrell managed the 2014 AL All-Star team he asked Francona to be one of his coaches. Farrell, 53, had a mass removed during a hernia procedure on Monday, per Reuters. It’s unclear when he was diagnosed with lymphoma. Farrell said he intends on resuming his duties as Red Sox manager next season.

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There’s meaning in another dismal Red Sox season.

“There’s going to be a good outcome to this”, Farrell told reporters. “I don’t know the details of what he is going to be going through and I don’t know the type”.

“He left a lot of balls up in the middle of the plate, ” he said.

Farrell described the lymphoma as “localized and highly curable”, per NESN. He walked two batters after the Seager blast, then received a mound visit from pitching coach Carl Willis. Rusney Castillo followed with a 396-foot homer into the Red Sox’s bullpen near the triangle in right-center field.

“When they mentioned the word ‘cancer, its something that it doesnt matter where it comes from, it kind of impacts you, ” Ortiz said. He previously managed the Toronto Blue Jays for two years.

Through it all, though, Farrell has never lost the faith of his players, the backs of whom he never fails to have.

“He’s such a tough guy and he has so many people that care about him that I just honestly feel like he will come through this with flying colors”, he said before the Indians played at Minnesota. “We did this for John”.

On this play, Cano’s decision to throw home was nearly as bad as his actual throw (which had absolutely zero zip on it and just kinda floated to Sucre).

Farrell is supported during this time by his wife, Sue Farrell, and their three sons.