Pedroia on DL
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This isn't very surprising. His re-hab assignment was pretty short considering the surgery and he hadn't really proven he was healthy enough to be activated.
This is the only thing resembling a problem that I’ve ever had with Pedroia. His competitive spirit or determination (or whatever) can sometimes bring him back before he’s ready.
Given the intense reports about the state of his knee and it’s impact on his future health that came out at the end of last season, this is a little worrisome.
Given the intense reports about the state of his knee and it’s impact on his future health that came out at the end of last season, this is a little worrisome.
While I understand designating Hanley because of the option. Probably would have been a better idea to wait this out to see if Pedey was healthy.
Travis isn’t a big league hitter at this point. So not sure what he’s going to bring to the table.
Travis isn’t a big league hitter at this point. So not sure what he’s going to bring to the table.
While this may be a bit premature, it would not surprise me if he retires at tbe end of this season.
As opposed to the Travis move, did anyone expect to see Adam Lind up to strengthen the bench, or play some DH? He did post an .875 OPS last year in 116 games.
I suggested it on the game thread. He’s not on the 40, so it would take some fancy dancing.
Start working the phone lines before its to late. Lowrie Dozier Cabrera all can play the position, all the wrong side of 30, all should come cheap while providing bench depth if Pedroia returns
The A’s are in the WC hunt, doubt Lowrie is going anywhere yet.
We don’t have trade chips anyways
We don’t have trade chips anyways
Cabrera is playing quite well. I'm wondering if there could be a deal to be made there, but if/when Perdroia comes back you're looking at a whole lot of redundancy on that bench. Prob best just to stick with Nunez or Lin for the time being. Does Holt, Swihart and Cabrera's contract get it done? The move would also open a spot on the 40 for Lind.
We will ride Nunez and Holt. Lin in reserve if necessary. I don’t think he’s done but his days of stardom are probably over.
Red Sox second basemen missing time with serious knee injuries in their 30s scare me.
Jerry Remy - retired at 31
Marty Barrett - retired at 33
Dustin Pedroia - 34
Jerry Remy - retired at 31
Marty Barrett - retired at 33
Dustin Pedroia - 34
Bobby Doerr - retired at 33, back problems. He (Pedey) should be able to get over a knee though, right?
I hope it’s not over for Pedey, but I have a sense it might be. Knee injuries that won’t heal for a 2B are brutal.
Don’t think so, but the MLBPA might raise a stink, or at least an eyebrow.
If we were to sign Hanley for the league minimum would we even be paying him more than we are already? If another team signs him for say $500,000, I’m pretty sure that’s $500,000 less we have to pay Hanley, right?
No we are on the hook for his whole salary. Whatever he makes on top is extra.
I dont understand rushing him back. He only had 11 AB in rehab (1 hit) and only went back to back once. Honestly, this organization has done some dumb stuff over the years (since 2010) when it comes to handling injured players. Not losing a lot sleep about losing Hanley but the guy could have been a valuable asset if used in a platoon role, something Cora didn't feel the need to try after his production slipped after being hit by Sonny Gray.
See above, but you would still be paying him $500,000 more. In doing so, you would avoid paying him $22 mil next year. I'm sure there would be a huge stink about it.
Thats not correct. See Article IX-F of CBA. If he signs with another team whatever he gets from them gets deducted from what we owe
You're probably right, but a reasonable counter is that if it were as simple as this, it would be more than 40 million reasons (or perhaps more accurately, there would be a lot more "reasons" in the rear view mirror).
My opinion, FWIW:
1) He'll retire if he's convinced he can't play well anymore, regardless of how much money is involved.
2) It's not going to be easy to convince him of that.
At a certain point if there is no visible evidence that the injury's hasn't healed or is still hampering him all they have to go on is what Pedroia tells them. In hindsight a few more rehab starts might have been nice given the time missed, but if he's moving well and says he feels good I don't know if you hold the doctors accountable.
It is a little bizarre considering Pedey himself said he didn't feel the pain anymore just walking around like he did last year...quoted in this article a few months ago:
https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2018/02/17/dustin-pedroia-addressed-the-leadership-situation-on-last-years-red-sox
I sure hope maybe it is just some temporary flair up after not putting the type of game activity on it because it sounded like the worst was behind him.
Also if you remember in his first game back against Atlanta last Saturday, he busted ass around the bases and beat the throw home with a head first slide and at the time did not show any ill affects from the effort. I don't think he was hiding anything
The bolded is my only problem with this post. Has there been a time yet when he's come back from injury at the appropriate time?
Problem with that is there are a lot more RHP than LHP. Also, Dustin doesn’t have much of a career split difference vs. RHP and LHP. Cora will probably just give him lots of days off. Brock’s bounceback has been a godsend though. I just hope Pedroia makes it back to the team at least close to his old self.
And this is what he said yesterday::
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2018/06/03/dustin-pedroia-struggles-pinpoint-cause-knee-pain/1vH37mnSsdZXTfFzDtNTlJ/story.html
This setback does truly seem like it's one of those things for which noone can be blamed, which will certainly be unsatisfying to some. In fact, it was probably inevitable, based on what Pedroia said yesterday. Hope it's one of those temporary issues, and he's back in 30 days or so.
It would be interesting to get DRS's take. I wonder what inflammation after microfracture surgery means. It might mean that the surgery didn't properly grow new cartilage like you hope it would have. That would be a bummer. It also might though simply just be something that happens without concern. Or something.
Here's DRS's take from last October before he went under the knife. Needless to say, it was quite prescient given Pedroia's current struggles.
But tims4wins said Pedroia's career was over! What does this Chris Geary fellow know about anything?
Thanks. Ok, well I guess we'll know when we know but at least there's some reason to be optimistic.
Since no one apparently bothered to read the link I put upthread, here's what DRS said on his blog last year about Pedey's outlook (which, BTW, was titled "PEDROIA’S PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN – POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC, POSSIBLY PERMANENT" -- I didn't read that as terribly positive):
Granted, this was all pre-surgery speculation. But I remembered at the time that this ... didn't sound good.
FWIW, since I've been quoted, I didn't mean his career was literally over. But I'm done expecting him to even approach being a good player any more.
I don't take this as the harbinger of doom for Pedroia - hopefully just a (not unexpected) bump in the road on the way to recovery. And like everyone else has stated, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he pushed the envelope on his rehab, as is his habit
