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Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is expected to be sidelined for the start of spring training due to a sore back.

The injury, according to sources, isn't expected to keep Matsuzaka from being ready to begin the 2010 season.

Matsuzaka told Japanese reporters recently, in comments relayed by ESPNBoston, that his back was feeling sore.

Via Boston Herald

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