Left-hander Richard Bleier, who has been on the injured list since early April because of shoulder soreness, has returned from the Orioles extended spring training facility and will begin an injury rehabilitation assignment at High-A Frederick on Tuesday night.

Bleier missed more than half of last season after undergoing lat surgery and was handled conservatively during spring training, but still came up sore after just four regular season appearances.

“Tomorrow, I’ll start a rehab assignment in Frederick and kind of go from there,” Bleier said. “Get a few outings in. More than a few. I’m progressing nicely. … I’m definitely looking forward to getting back. It’s also a process that needs to be seen through and get a few outings under me in affiliated ball so I can get back to the big leagues.”

He was asked to compare the way his shoulder felt when the Orioles broke camp in Sarasota, Fla., in late March with the way it feels now after four weeks of treatment and a progressive throwing program.

“It really is night and day,” he said. “I’ve been working really hard in Sarasota. The training staff down there really helped me out. The training staff here, we’ve kind of been working together. … I feel like this time my arm is ready to go as opposed to late time when it was a little bit questionable.”

Bleier credited teammate Mark Trumbo for helping him work his way back while the two rehabbed together at the Ed Smith Stadium Complex.

“He’s had so much experience seeing pitching and knowing which pitches work and don’t work,” Bleier said. “So, we’ve been throwing together every day and he’s been giving me good feedback and some things to do and things not to do and it’s been very helpful.”

Trumbo will not be eligible to return from the 60-day injured list until the end of this month, but Bleier said that Trumbo’s continuing attempt to come all the way back from serious knee surgery also has been going very well.

Cora on White House

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora made headlines over the weekend when he told a Puerto Rican newspaper he would skip his team’s upcoming visit to the White House because of the Trump administration’s inadequate response to the devastation wreaked on his homeland by Hurricane Maria in 2017.

The Red Sox are scheduled to be honored for their 2018 world championship on Thursday after completing a three-game series against the Orioles at Camden Yards.

“Even though the United States Government has helped, there’s still a long road ahead and that is OUR reality,” Cora said in a statement published in the Spanish-language newspaper El Nuevo Dia on Sunday. “I’ve used my voice on many occasions so that Puerto Ricans are not forgotten and my absence [from the White House] is no different.”

When Cora was asked before Monday’s game about his decision, he said it was made “with a lot of conviction.”

According to various accounts, as many as 11 Red Sox players also have decided not to make the visit and pitching ace David Price went on social media Monday to endorse a tweet by The Athletic’s Steve Buckley that the decision was split along racial lines, with mostly white players choosing to attend.

Cora said Monday his decision was a personal one that was made in consultation with family members in Puerto Rico.

David Price scratched

Boston Red Sox ace David Price was scheduled to pitch the second game of the three-game series at Oriole Park, but was scratched Monday and placed on the 10-day injured list with left elbow tendinitis.

He told reporters before the game that the discomfort is something he has dealt with before and that he does not expect to be sidelined very long.

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