Red Sox Place Bobby Jenks On Disabled List, Call Up Luis Exposito; Lowrie's MRI Clean

by Ben Buchanan on Jun 8, 2011 5:09 PM EDT in News

BOSTON, MA - JUNE 04: Bobby Jenks #52 of the Boston Red Sox sends the ball to second for the out in the ninth inning against the Oakland Athletics on June 4, 2011 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Bobby Jenks' return to action didn't last very long, as Sean McAdam is reporting that the reliever will return to the disabled list after injuring himself in Tuesday's game against the Yankees, opening up a space for Pawtucket catcher Luis Exposito

Jenks appeared to injure himself on just the fourth pitch of his last outing, and was set to receive an MRI today on his left shoulder to see if an old injury had reoccured.

Exposito is getting the call with Jarrod Saltalamacchia unable to play tonight due to an illness. If everything turns out to be fine with Saltalamacchia, then they will likely send him back down as soon as possible to be replaced by another reliever. It's been a struggle so far in 2011 for Exposito, who's hitting just .223/.277/.331 for the Pawtucket Red Sox.

In other injury news, Gordon Edes says that Jed Lowrie's MRI looks "good", and that Lowrie will look to return to the lineup Thursday night against C.C. Sabathia.

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Varitek will catch Wake?

This spells trouble. His attempts haven’t been very good in the past. What’s the record for Passed Balls in an inning? It may be in jeopardy tonight.

by dsharp on Jun 8, 2011 5:17 PM EDT reply actions

Wasn't Navarro doing pretty poorly at the plate last year

and then after he came up and went back down he got hot? Could work for Expo too.

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by TheLoneDavid on Jun 8, 2011 5:20 PM EDT reply actions

Exposito isn't much of a hitter

Organizational soldier, but it’s good that he’ll at least get to say he got to the majors.

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by Marc Normandin on Jun 8, 2011 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Disappointing on all fronts:

Jenks is forcing me dangerously close to using phrases like “the wisdom of Ozzie Guillen;”

If I recall correctly, Varitek is not a greater catcher for Wakefield;

Luis Exposito feels like he’s slipping onto the fringes of “organizational player” land; and

With all due respect to Jed, Scutaro is an anti-Sabathia weapon (.345/.472/.817)

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by nuthinboutnuthin on Jun 8, 2011 5:22 PM EDT reply actions

whoa whoa whoa

you have to point out that the .817 is OPS, not slugging PCT, meaning that he has only hit singles against Sabathia. Jed is a pretty well-established anti-lefty weapon, so regardless of how they’ve each done in those very small sample sizes, he’s a better choice.

The rest sounds correct.

by wolf9309 on Jun 8, 2011 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions