No surgery for Lowrie.

by Allen Chace on Apr 16, 2009 1:15 PM EDT in News

Jed will not require surgery for his ailing wrist. The Sox look for him to "resume baseball activities in a couple of weeks". The article cites his return as potentially in 3-4 weeks, though I'm thinking they might play it a bit conservative if the Return of Lugo is successful (he starts rehabbing in AAA on Tuesday, probably).

Until Lugo is ready, it'll remain Nick Green and Gil Velazquez holding down SS, and one of the two (no doubt Green) will see more time on the ML roster than they probably expected at the beginning of the year.

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Did he ever have surgery for the original fracture?

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by bdalebs on Apr 16, 2009 4:51 PM EDT reply actions

Trying to answer my own question when a thought occured to me:

Does anybody know of a site that tracks injuries, and keeps a historical record of them?

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by bdalebs on Apr 16, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions

It would appear he didn't, btw:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=rotowire-edowrieristealed&prov=rotowire&type=fantasy

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by bdalebs on Apr 16, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions

I like

a poster who asks, contradicts, then answers their own question ;-)
You are a very thorough young lad (I believe you are about 16 right?).

I’m not convinced the non-surgery, rehab route is the way too go. with Lowrie. I’ve seen too many players in many sports have really disjointed, crappy seasons trying to play through injury. I’d rather the surgery, 8 weeks recovery(assumption on this time) then come back at full strength.

by sydneysox on Apr 16, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions

LMFAO

…that’s all I got…
“a poster who asks, contradicts, then answers their own question ;-)”

by GreenGoober on Apr 16, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree, however...

…on the surgery front. If Lugo is that close to coming back – and the front office is determined to actually play him for some reason – then there’s time. Let him heal up properly so that when Lugo sucks again he’s ready to play and play totally healthy.

by GreenGoober on Apr 16, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I didn't contradict it.

Just realized I could find the answer a lot easier if I had a resource like the one mentioned above. I typed “jed lowrie wrist injury” into a search engine and had to click through several pages before I found a story about the original injury. I was trying to put the interwebs to good use.

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by bdalebs on Apr 16, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions

with the ST Green had and the way he’s been playing, he might not be a bad alternative to Lowrie.

"We're not going to give up," It doesn't happen, so who cares? There's always next year. It's not like it's the end of the world."

by revigik on Apr 16, 2009 9:43 PM EDT reply actions

We've been through this before...

Will this be another Curt Schilling?… Red Sox says he doesn’t need surgery, try to go the non-surgical route, and then end up getting the surgery later in the season…

by homesnatch on Apr 17, 2009 12:17 PM EDT reply actions