MLB

• Red Sox prospect Westmoreland to have brain surgery

  Fort Myers, FL (Sports Network) - Boston Red Sox prospect Ryan Westmoreland is scheduled to have brain surgery Tuesday after being diagnosed with a cavernous malformation in his brain, the team announced Saturday.

  Westmoreland, 19, was diagnosed after leaving minor league spring training earlier this month. Following consultations with a number of experts, he will have the procedure done by Dr.

  Robert Spetzler of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.

  The Red Sox took Westmoreland in the fifth round of the 2008 draft.

  03/14 04:15:26 ET