Red Sox manager John Farrell diagnosed with stage 1 lymphoma
Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell has stage 1 lymphoma, he announced Friday, and will immediately leave the team as he prepares for chemotherapy.
Farrell, 53, said he intends to return next year but will turn over the team to bench coach Torey Lovullo for the rest of the season. According Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald, Farrell’s cancer was detected when he underwent hernia surgery earlier this week.
Lymphoma is characterized in four stages by the American Cancer Society, with stage 4 being the most dangerous. Stage 1 means the cancer has only been found in one area and is, as far as something like this goes, the best-case scenario.
“There’s going to be a good outcome to this,” Farrell told reporters.
The cancerous mass was removed during his surgery Monday in Detroit. Now the plan is for Farrell to go through nine weeks of chemo, which would finish in mid-October if everything goes well.
Farrell told Red Sox players Thursday but on Friday they were still, understandably, shaken by the news.
Farrell has been the Red Sox’s manager since 2013, when he guided them to a World Series win. Last week, Flip Saunders, the coach of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves, announced that he was undergoing treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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