Rodriguez was hit pretty hard by COVID-19, experiencing a headache and a fever while he had the virus, Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe reports.
Rodriguez said he had never been that sick in his life. He has been going through workouts since July 8 in an effort to get ready for the season, so there seems to be a decent chance he could start one of the first five games of the campaign, but that is still to be determined. The Red Sox have yet to officially activate Rodriguez from the COVID-19 injured list even though he rejoined the team at summer camp this weekend.