Kalish likely to miss time with another surgery

I don't know who Matt Stucko is, so maybe he knows something I don't, but I don't see this "opening the door" for Brentz and JBJ. I think most likely this settles the question of whether you have Nava, or Kalish as your fourth outfielder/LF platoon, and maybe opens the door for someone like Hassan, Linares, or Hazelbaker to sit on the bench. I doubt they feel either Brentz or JBJ are ready.

Really sucks about Kalish though, he's one of my favorites for a couple years back, and I really thought he'd be an above average regular in RF by now.

JBJ/Brentz would really have to have a special spring to break camp with the team. I think this team adds another lefty bat to the team.

No. Was that really a thing?

While Brentz is not ready to give it a try, I have no doubt - none at all - that Bradley could improve Sweeney's pathetic line right now, and with better defense. The only question is whether you want him sitting on the bench.

Whatever. At this point the Sox can't pencil Kalish in for anything. It's a sad turn, but the team has to go on the assumption that he isn't going to be there for the foreseeable future.

As I said, the only question is whether you want him on the bench. You've laid out the argument for why the team wouldn't want that. And man, stop that talk about the injuries, it gives me the creeps.

Edit:
I've got one more reason why. It would be nice to have a lefthander who might exercise the outfielders a little bit. Even though I think Bradley would do a better job of that than Sweeney, he's not really a power guy either. Unless Ellsbury finds a way to channel his 2011 self, neither he nor Victorino is a bet to hit 20 home runs. That might count for something given that Middlebrooks has to show he's as real a longball threat as he was last year, and that Napoli has health issues. Gomes' other half could get them over that hump if there's some pop in the bat. The team has put some balance back into the lineup with the signings. Sending a lefty against them will be a little more dangerous than it was at the end of last year. Nonetheless, at least one corner threat would be nice.

If no more moves are made, I think Nava's the best choice right now. That still leaves them very thin at the ML level.

Kalish. Lowrie. Daeges. Westmoreland. That's a lot of potential talent to have curtailed/derailed by injury. And of course there have been other, lesser-known prospects also derailed in the same way.

I don't follow prospects in general across the sport enough to know, but I am assuming that the Sox are not unique in this regard, losing or derailing potentially important talent via injury. I presume all teams have this problem -- it's no small part of the attrition rate for prospects.

From the short Globe story:

Kalish, 24, is set to again undergo surgery on his right, nonthrowing shoulder, with Dr. Lewis Yocum performing the operation.

Kalish had shoulder surgery last offseason after suffering a torn labrum, and that was after surgery to repair a bulging disk in his neck.

It was thought that resting this offseason would alleviate the pain Kalish was experiencing, but when he started to swing a bat earlier this month, the discomfort returned.

So it's not so much that he's "snakebit" or generically injury prone, it seems. It's possibly worse, a recurring problem with the same shoulder.

www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/2013/01/26/ryan-kalish-red-sox-undergo-shoulder-surgery/YSwTa6WEdFw8TPS9jzRsZJ/story.html

I believe Kalish's surgery last offseason was on his left shoulder. That's what was reported at the time, at least.

I think this speaks more about possibly trading away prospects before they bust than it does holding onto every last one. Imagine what we could've gotten for Anderson and Kalish at the right time. Also to date Reddick has a good half a season under his belt and that's it. He's not Jeff Bagwell 2.0 yet.