FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia came out of Thursday night's game with the Yankees with what the team called a bruised right forearm after he was struck by a pitch by Yankees minor-leaguer Adam Warren.
Pedroia left the game after the third inning, when he was struck while swinging at a pitch, according to first-base umpire Tim Tschida. Bobby Valentine, who made a scheduled chat with the ESPN broadcast team after the inning, said Pedroia's hand was shaking when he got to the player. He was taken out for precautionary reasons.
A few other tidbits from the Fort:
* After Daisuke Matsuzaka threw two simulated innings Thursday, Valentine was asked if it was realistic to expect Matsuzaka by July 1.
"I think that that's more than realistic,'' Valentine said. "We have it mapped out before then. Closer to June 1. Potentially.''
* Here is where the club stands on shortstop Jose Iglesias, two weeks from the start of spring training:
GM Ben Cherington has said that Iglesias may benefit from more time in the minor leagues but that the club would keep an open mind on the competition. That hasn't changed. Iglesias has played well this spring. So has Mike Aviles, whose experience gives him an advantage. Valentine has not yet gone to the front office to say he prefers one or the other, but there has been plenty of discussion about the relative strengths and weaknesses of both players, as with all players still in camp.
* A good time for Ryan Sweeney to start showing what he can bring to the table. Sweeney has been slowed by a strained quad, and returned to the starting lineup Tuesday, but he had just one hit in his first 15 at-bats.
* Aaron Cook, a dark horse for the starting rotation, gave up a couple of runs in the fourth inning on an RBI triple by Curtis Granderson and RBI single by Andruw Jones. But he also picked off two baserunners, Eric Chavez and Jones. Cook left after four, his sinkerball having produced six ground-ball outs. He gave up four hits, struck out two and did not walk a batter.
* Valentine said Vicente Padilla, sidelined for a couple of days by a strained hamstring, is OK to resume pitching. Valentine told the ESPN crew that Padilla was out of the running for a starting spot for now.
* Valentine said that Daniel Bard would pitch again in four days. Asked if it was a start, Valentine said: "Right now it is.''
* Valentine also said he was misconstrued regarding his comments after Mark Melancon's last outing.
"That Melancon comment was instigated by him. Do we all know that? He came in and said, 'Hey, I got all my running in.' Then I came in to our conference and said, 'Yeah, he got his running in, he backed up the bases well.' That wasn't a negative comment. Anyone who wanted to make that a negative comment, you have to retract that right now.''
Valentine had not offered that context at the time. Melancon mentioned to WEEI.com that is indeed what he said to the manager.
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