John Farrell will not manage the rest of the season for the Boston Red Sox after being diagnosed with Stage One lymphoma, he announced on Friday.
Doctors discovered the lymphoma during an operation this week for a hernia. Perhaps fatefully, Farrell suffered the hernia that led to the life-changing lymphoma discovery while throwing an equipment bag last week. The hernia surgery was on Monday, which is the same day the manager first learned of the lymphoma. He told his players about it on Thursday, and then let the public know Friday.
Farrell will begin chemotherapy next week, and Torey Lovullo will take over for him on an interim basis the rest of the season. Farrell is optimistic about the treatment.
“I want to thank Dr. [Gary] Talpos in Detroit for being aggressive and decisive in getting the mass out that was found while he did the hernia repair,” Farrell said Friday. “It’s localized. It’s highly curable.”
Farrell is in his third season as Red Sox manager. He led the team to the World Series in 2013, his first year on the job.
