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Post by dirtdog on Feb 12, 2017 22:18:38 GMT -5
Wright’s shoulder issues impinging on the start of a new season won’t help Red Sox fans forget about Farrell’s baffling decision to use him as a pinch-runner, leading to the star pitcher injuring his shoulder diving back into second base during a game in Los Angeles last August. He would return two weeks later, but after coughing up nine runs over two starts he was shut down for the rest of the season. Pomeranz enters spring training with his own health concerns. He recently admitted to feeling elbow soreness down the stretch last season, which helps explain the drastic drip in production following the mid-season trade that sent him to Boston. The lefty received a stem-cell injection in his elbow to alleviate the discomfort, but remains behind schedule for spring workouts. www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/red-sox-spring-training-delayed-for-steven-wright-drew-pomeranz-021217 |
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Feb 13, 2017 1:15:28 GMT -5
Well worst comes to worst, sounds like both could start the year on the DL. The Sox don't need a 5th starter until mid April. That could buy some time for the Sox to build up one of Pomeranz or Wright.
The only downfall to this is that the Sox will have a tough time keeping Eduardo's innings down this year. Maybe they can still skip a start here and there though. The option of the 10 day DL really helps in this regard, although I don't know how easy phantom DL trips are to make up these days.
I can see people who hated the Buchholz trade going crazy about the trade even more now however.
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Post by sarasoxer on Feb 13, 2017 8:27:14 GMT -5
Wright’s shoulder issues impinging on the start of a new season won’t help Red Sox fans forget about Farrell’s baffling decision to use him as a pinch-runner, leading to the star pitcher injuring his shoulder diving back into second base during a game in Los Angeles last August. He would return two weeks later, but after coughing up nine runs over two starts he was shut down for the rest of the season. Pomeranz enters spring training with his own health concerns. He recently admitted to feeling elbow soreness down the stretch last season, which helps explain the drastic drip in production following the mid-season trade that sent him to Boston. The lefty received a stem-cell injection in his elbow to alleviate the discomfort, but remains behind schedule for spring workouts. www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/red-sox-spring-training-delayed-for-steven-wright-drew-pomeranz-021217Yeah the Wright thing is concerning. He has had a long time to recover from "jamming" his shoulder. I recall hearing that "there was no structural damage". Hmm....doesn't seem that the report was entirely accurate. I once mildly injured a shoulder and developed inflammation. 'Protective' adhesions formed around the joint leading to more inflammation, more adhesions etc. The arm got very weak from impingement and resultant lack of use. It took a year to recover and never fully. All of which is only to say that Wright's 6 month long shoulder issues, including weakness, suggest to me something more ominous at work. |
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