Wright to undergo second arthroscopic cleanup surgery

I have not read that Wright's surgery was anything more than scarring cleanup, which is quite minor.

Yes on Eovaldi. We have chance to win it again. No reason not to go after someone like Eovaldi. Worst case scenario, one of our starters can close only for one year if Hector and Johnson become reliable fifth starter and no one emerges as a closer.

I think Sox have to prepare for 2019 with the idea that Wright is a maybe at best unless his medical info says otherwise. That microfracture surgery is still new and so far has a very spotted record with athletes. I hope he proves us all wrong, but it's informative he was good to go for the playoffs until suddenly he wasn't. Pedroia, who had the same surgery was talking about how he had no pain all during the spring training period and was reporting no real pain other than one episode during his ramp-up. In game performance lasted all of three games, before it became inoperable. The track record on this procedure for that level of performance, especially with athletes who are on the wrong side of 30 is just not good so far. More power to them if they can overcome it all, but as people who are looking at data and outcomes, this should concern us for both players going forward.

I mean, Wright not being able to compete in spring training pretty much did change everything though. Wright is a huge piece, and now he's unavailable to start the season. If you're missing spring training, you're out a month at minimum.

Wright was never reliable to begin with, but he was a option up until the second surgery.

As of right now, Brian Johnson is your 5th starter. Hector Velazquez is your 6th starter and nothing beyond these two to start the year at least. That's not good in terms of depth.

Wasn't there reports on ERod this time last year that people took meant no spring training, yet he was good to go? I don't see how a clean up takes that much time without major setbacks.

Pedro you waay overreacted to ERod last year, his knee will always be an issue type crap. Didn't you want to trade him because of that knee? Guess what no issues last year. Yea I'm comparing a major surgery to a clean up, seems rather simple! I've seen players have clean ups and play again a month or so later. Its a very minor surgery, likely removing scar tissue. Wright throws a knuckle ball and doesn't throw that hard, good for his knees. By all reports he's not Pedroia who has major issues with that knee and has for a very long time. He wasn't ruled out for the year, just something was causing him discomfort like Irving.

I mean you can take that approach with any player that has surgery,he might never play again. I'll stick to the odds like with ERod, which you ignored and went all worst case crap just like now! The odds are better that he can play next year than he's done. Modern medicine has come a loooong way and the fact he's only having a clean up is good news. It says they found something that they think was the issue he was having. Heck I wish we had news like that on Pedroia, yet we don't. He's the guy that could be done.

Nevermind the point being it doesn't really change much. I don't think anyone had Wright being our #5 starter to open the season. It's why I said sign Pomeranz. Not putting any preasure on Wright and giving him all the time he needs. Like Eric said you don't see many players missing two whole seasons due to knee surgery that often. The guys that do are more like Pedroia who have a knee that has been falling a part for years and years. The Red Sox will have a much clearer picture than we do. Like with Pedroia last year bringing back Nunez late in the signing period. Millions of ways to address depth than saying we have to bring back Eovaldi because of Wright. I don't think anything has changed for the Red Sox frankly. They either believe his change is real and he's worth the money or they don't. Just remember DD words after the World Series, he love to bring the team back, yet some players might get huge offers that make that hard. He's talking about guys like Eovaldi and Kelly. Guys who's value exploded in the postseason and to a lesser extent Kimbrel, yet they always knew he was going to cost a ton.

They had the same surgery, not the same injury. Pedroia has had back to back surgeries two years in a row. With Pedoria they can't find a problem, more like his knees are just shot. With Wright, who came back and was awesome in September, wasn't he? Had inflammation and an MRI pinpointed the issue. Pedroia was a zero, Yet Wright gave us over 53 very good innings. Comparing the two has zero merit. Let's not act like the knee made him a bad pitcher, he was the Normal Wright! Are you really saying he was dreadful last year??? The guy was dreadful one year out of the last three and that was before knee surgery.

So a year after major surgery he gives us almost 54 innings. They know the issue and fixed it with a very minor knee surgery and yet he might be done? Just like with ERod your only looking at worst case type crap. Just like I pointed out with ERod that is very unlikely.

Your issue with ERod was that the knee would always be an issue, because it was an issue for two years. That wasn't the case.

Durability is an issue sure, but unless your counting on 200 innings it shouldn't be an issue. I feel darn good that he can give you a 100 or more innings and I'd only be counting on him for depth.

BTW he just turned 34 and will be going into his age 34 season.