Jed Lowrie put on the 15-day DL

It looks like Lowrie is the first injury casualty of the young season. He’s got a sprained left wrist and will be replaced on the roster by infielder Gil Velazquez.
Jed was 1-18 on the season with a pair of walks. I blame the injury; I’m not ready for Lugo to get [...]

Youkilis leaves team USA with injury

Kevin Youkilis has left Team USA with a left ankle injury. He’s returning to Fort Myers to get an MRI from Red Sox team doctors. Let’s take a quick look at our infield:
1B – Kevin Youkilis: Left ankle injury suffered during the WBC.
2B – Dustin Pedroia: Oblique injury suffered during the WBC.
SS – [...]

Pedroia placed on WBC disabled list

The World Baseball Classic strikes again! Dustin Pedroia has been put on Team USA’s disabled list for the second round of the WBC. His injury is a strained muscle on his left side (knock on wood that it’s not a torn oblique.) According to Dustin, he’ll be ready for the opening of [...]

Jed Lowrie wins (sort of) starting SS position

The starting shortstop battle for the Boston Red Sox is officially over (for the time being.) According to Terry Francona, Julio Lugo may have suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee. Team doctors agreed but the MRIs are still being sent to a knee-specialist in Boston to confirm the tear.
This ends the [...]

Ortiz and Bay return to Red Sox camp

Jason Bay (Canada) and David Ortiz (Dominican Republic) have both returned to Red Sox spring training camp after experiencing early exits from the WBC. Personally I was kind of shocked to see both teams get booted so early but I guess that doesn’t really matter to me. It does however matter to Pedroia, [...]

Red Sox Injury Updates

JD Drew: Drew has returned to Boston to get a shot in his lower back. The shot, called a “win-win” by JD, is supposed to relieve some stiffness he has been feeling lately. Francona believes that Drew could start if the season began tomorrow and that this is just an early precaution towards [...]

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