Top Boston Red Sox prospect Ryan Westmoreland has to leave spring training for medical reasons and is diagnosed the next day with a cavernous malformation in the brain, a condition with effects similar to a stroke. He will undergo emergency surgery lasting five hours in Phoenix, AZ on March 16th.

On March 4, 2010 — Top Boston Red Sox prospect Ryan Westmoreland has to leave spring training for medical reasons and is diagnosed the next day with a cavernous malformation in the brain, a condition with effects similar to a stroke. He will undergo emergency surgery lasting five hours in Phoenix, AZ on March 16th.

Sources –
Baseball Reference March 4
SABR Games Project
National Pastime March 4
Retro Sheet
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