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Boston Red Sox: Dustin Pedroia to have MRI on left wrist
Just as David Price returned from his extended stint on the DL, now the Boston Red Sox are hoping to avoid losing another one of their stalwarts to injury.
Dustin Pedroia has not only been an extremely productive player for the Boston Red Sox over the past decade, but along with the now retired David Ortiz, he's been a critical leader as well. Unfortunately, the Red Sox second baseman is now headed back to Boston to undergo an MRI on a sprained wrist that he suffered yesterday in a loss to the Chicago White Sox.
Pedroia left Monday's contest in the second inning complaining about pain in his left wrist after he collided with Jose Abreu on a strange play at first base during the inning before he exited. Now he's leaving the team to go back home to see just how much damage has been done.
According to Scott Lauber of ESPN.com, after the game Red Sox President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski said that the X-rays they had already received on Pedroia's wrist were negative, but he mentioned that he is flying back because "he just knows the [doctors] there so well."
Pedrioa has had issues with his wrist before, most recently in September 2014 when he opted to have surgery on the same wrist he injured yesterday.
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Red Sox manager John Farrell was cautious with the injury, telling Lauber that, "I think any time you're dealing with a position player's wrist, a hitter's wrist, that's always cause for concern."
Losing Pedroia for any considerable amount of time would be a fairly big blow for a team that currently has infielders Brock Holt, Marco Hernandez and Pablo Sandoval all out with injuries of their own.
Even at an older age, Pedroia has continued to provide the Red Sox with solid production across the board. Thus far into the season, the veteran second baseman has hit .292 and gotten on base at a .362 clip. However, his power numbers are down from his career average as Pedroia is only slugging .380 through 45 games.
Hopefully this injury remains only a short-term issue for the Red Sox, as an extended absence would leave a notable void in what was supposed to be a dangerous group up and down the batting order.
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(All quotes courtesy of ESPN.com)
