1:00pm: Manager John Farrell provided some details in an appearance on MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM, as Evan Drellich of CSNNE.com recounts. The injury was to the “medial side of the right knee,” said Farrell, who says that significant swelling forced the DL move. It is still not known how long of an absence is to be expected.
11:07am: The Red Sox have placed third baseman Pablo Sandoval on the 10-day DL with a right knee sprain, the club has announced. He’ll be replaced by infielder Josh Rutledge, who has been activated from his own DL stint.
Sandoval, 30, has produced uneven results thus far upon returning from a long layoff. Through 67 plate appearances, he is hitting .213/.269/.377 with three home runs. And there are some questions about his glovework, with four errors on his ledger and poor grades from advanced metrics (in quite a small sample).
Still, there are some reasons for hope with the bat. Sandoval’s .164 isolated slugging mark matches his work from 2012, which would seem to be a positive development. But it remains to be seen whether he can right the ship in the on-base department. Sandoval is suffering from a .217 BABIP despite making plenty of hard contact, though his strikeout rate is up to 19.4% on a 14.6% swinging-strike rate — well above his career figures in both areas.
While Boston will be glad to get Rutledge back, the hope had been to see both players on the roster at the same time. The switch-hitting Sandoval has continued to struggle badly against left-handed pitching, making the pair a theoretically useful platoon match. (Rutledge hits from the right side, though he hasn’t carried noticeable splits historically.)
Instead, the Sox will lean on Rutledge — along with left-handed-hitting utilityman Marco Hernandez — to cover third base during Sandoval’s absence. It’s not clear at this point just how long the organization expects to be without the veteran.
Probably didn’t want to showcase the match of bad third basemen contracts tonight between Sandoval and Headley…something, something like that from the Red Sox camp.
Cough, cough, clears throat — .339/.431/.995
Uneven results? Looks more like crappy results to me. What a waste of money. Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving organization.
Why do you say that?
Hello? You want a few examples?
They throw money around like drunken sailors in port for the evening. They signed two inept third baseman at the same time, that both were prima-donnas.
They fire/force out two hall of fame management personnel (Theo and Tito) that took their teams to last year’s World Series.
They rebuild with a GM who understands how to build an organization with prospects and then hangs him when the ownership induced moves blew up.
Thanks. I was trying to reply the same, but kept getting kicked over to the App Store.
Weird.
Typical yanks fan … half the facts and lots of embellishments.. troll elsewhere
Compared to the Yankees, who remain a continuous symbol of fiscal prudence, and have never fired anyone.
Scott and Reflect hit the nail on the head.
Obviously it’s been a disaster since the start of the contract. “Uneven” referred to 2017 only. His power is up and he’s hitting the ball hard, so it’s not just “crappy,” pure and simple. Small sample.
“It’s not clear at this point just how long the organization expects to be without the veteran”
It’s possible too ‘the longer the better’ may just be in play
Why was my comment removed? It was an option on Pedroia and John Silver took exception to it making it a rival thing.
Maybe five instances of name-calling had something to do with it……
Says the Red Sox fan when I didn’t call anyone names! Fact is I said pedroia was no captain and he embarrassed his team. Name calling? Stop with lies.
“Says the Red Sox fan when I didn’t call anyone names!”
Let’s see….m#r#n, id##t, d##che…. they were all in your post. I saw it before it was banned.
Denial won’t change what you wrote.
p.s. I’m not a fan of the Red Sox. But I am a fan of civil discourse. If you want to call names and belittle people, move on please.
It’s not what this post is about and you and others were well out of bounds. So, why should I spend 20 minutes parsing through your comments to remove the offending parts?
Keep up the good work Jeff. Negativity is of no use here ….
Guessing freedom of speech doesn’t exist
Censorship at its finest
Probably didn’t want to showcase the match of bad third basemen contracts tonight between Sandoval and Headley…something, something like that from the Red Sox camp.
Cough, cough, clears throat — .339/.431/.995
No one should ever be thrown at period!!!
I personally prefer a Rutledge/Hernandez combo at 3b for the next 2-3 weeks, or until Holt’s concussion symptoms subside.
Sandoval was swinging at everything from his eyes to his feet. Luckily, at Baltimore he was getting strikes to hack at and getting some hits. Pitchers stop giving him pitches that are strikes again and it’s over for him. A DFA candidate, or better off for the team on the DL to me.
I agree with you but with that big a contract and his somewhat improved hitting he deserves another last chance. Bad contracts that reminds me to check out how Rusney Castillo is doing in the minors. Rusney doing pretty good .321 with a couple of HR so maybe the Red Sox are going to have to let Panda go later this year so they can bring Rusney up.
The way I understand it, Castillo’s contract only counts against the luxury tax if he’s I the roster, so I think he’s done in Boston, because having his contract selected would put them above the threshold. If that’s the case, he could hit 400/500/600 at Pawtucket and not get recalled. If I’m misunderstanding though, someone please feel free to correct me
They probably wouldnt need him anyway. Betts is one of the best OF in mlb, JBJ’s defence should make up for his questionable offence and bennintendi should be ok, so castillo would only be a 4th outfielder if he was called up
Not true. If a team cuts a player therefore no longer on roster that contract still counts toward cap.
Red Sox have to live with that amongst a few awful contracts thus the label evil empire.
Sorry John Silver and Lester.
10 day DL? He needs p90x, that takes longer than 10 days!
You do realize that’s only the minimum requirement, don’t you?
I wish a team would list the reason for a DL as “fat and out of shape” one time.
be nice
He’s done. Won’t do the work-always out of shape. But he continues to make millions anyway.
Boston shouldn’t have fired Terry Francona and Epstein, but teams go different ways. I think Boston’s problem is the jump all their money on the next Allstar that makes a splash in the trade column. They have a ton of potential in their young stars. They should add to it with young prospects instead of jumping after Hanley, Pablo, Price and definitely Sale. Ya, Hanley Produces, when he’s healthy. Same goes for everybody else. But now Bostons dug themselves in a hole. They had an awesome young prospect for infield and they trade him with some others for a piece they don’t need. They need middle relief, catching and a reliable starter. They had plenty of opportunities in last winter and the previous winter to fix those. They got a starter in both winters and shot themselves in the foot getting both. Now you have two highly paid injury prone players, a hot head cry baby, and a notorious playoff choker. I love Price. Loved him when he played for Tampa and rooted for him wherever he went. But when he’s in the playoffs, just like Verlander, he chokes.