Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who left Wednesdays Mike Boone Jerseys game against the Yankees after feeling discomfort in his surgically repaired left knee, was placed on the injured list Thursday, the team announced, though he appears to have avoided "serious injury," .
The will place 2B Dustin Pedroia on the 10-day injured list with left knee irritation, effective today.To fill Pedroias spot on the active 25-man roster, the club will recall RHP Marcus Walden from Triple-A Pawtucket prior to tomorrows game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Boston Red Sox (@RedSox)The Red Sox made the move citing "irritation" in the knee after Pedroia saw specialists in New York on Thursday.
He left Wednesday's5-3 lo s after he flew out in his only at-bat in the top of the second inning.Eduardo Nunez replaced him at second base.
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He felt something weird in his knee, manager Alex Cora . He finished the at-bat and came up to me, like, Hey Mike Purcell Jerseys man, it didnt feel right there. I decided to take him out.
The Red Sox begin a three-game series against the Rays on Friday in Tampa. Losing Pedroia, who only recently returned to the lineup because of the knee, is just more bad news for a Red Sox team (6-13) that already has seen plenty of bad in 2019.
The negative 42 run differential for now worst by a World Series champion through 19 games in history
Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale)And they are Jerry Jeudy T Shirts facing considerable problems as second base.
Although he replaced Pedroia onWednesday, Nunez is batting back tightne s. Brock Holt (scratched cornea), who the team had hoped would come off the injured list this weekend, reported not seeing well in a game Wednesday at Triple-A Pawtucket and won't be ready.Blake Swihart, who was capable of playing second in a pinch, was designated for a signment earlier in the week.
Things were so bad early this week thatcatcherChristian Vazquez,who played 4 2/3 innings at second base for Single-A Greenvillein 2010, was forced to play the position Monday with a borrowed infielder's glove.
Cora said he would consider internal options from Pawtucket, most likely Tzu-Wei Lin, .
Pedroia has Drew Lock Jerseys experienced i sues with the knee since 2017 and mi sed all but three games in 2018 after undergoing cartilage restoration surgery.
He made his 2019 debut in Boston's home opener last week. A longtime fan favorite, heis just 2-for-20 with one RBIin the early going, starting four games at second base (counting Wednesday's short appearance) and two others at designated hitter.
The way first-year Dodgers manager Dave Roberts sees it, there's the right way to play baseball and there's what Yasiel Puig did Tuesday night.
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The Dodgersoutfielder stayed in the batter's box, admiring his long drive to right fieldin the sixth inning, until it bounced off the outfield wall, turning what he a sumed was a home run into a very long Chicago Bears Golf Sporting Goods single and a one-way ticket to the bench.
"In my opinion, he should have been on second base," Roberts told reporters after the game (). "When we talk about playing the game the right way, we've got to be accountable. So that was the decision that I made."
The decision: Though Puig came around to score, he was yanked from an eventual 8-2 win over the Reds.
"It was a bad decision on Jim McMahon Jerseys my part," Puig said through a translator (). "It was a good decision on the manager's part. It shows not only myself, but the rest of my teammates, that you have to run out every single ball."
He added: "I wanted to keep playing. But his decision was the correct one, because I wasn't giving 100 percent."
Of course, even a contrite Puig couldn't resist putting his benching in context by mentioning a certain former Dodgers manager with whom he frequently battled.
Asked if Tuesday Chicago Bears Hats 's incident was the first time he'd been pulled from a game, he said (): "I don't remember. You'd have to ask Don Mattingly."
UPDATE: Puig was not in the starting lineup for Wednesday's game. No reason was immediately Allen Robinson Jerseys given.
UPDATE 2: Roberts told reporters (per the ) thatPuig was not being punished. He said he decided before Tuesday's game to give Puig a scheduled day off Wednesday.Roberts also said the two had a "good conversation" about what happened. "He wants to be a better teammate," Roberts said, .