
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Pedro Grifol has to admit it. The thought of Luis Robert and Yoan Moncada leaving camp for Taiwan Thursday to play for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic makes him squirm in his manager’s chair.
Grifol is also “excited” for his center fielder — whom he called an MVP candidate for the second time this spring — and third baseman, on whose shoulders rest a significant portion of responsibilities for making the Sox good in 2023. But keeping this pair healthy is a very large part of that.