Carl Crawford Back By End Of Month?

I was shocked listening to Buster Olney on WEEI today. He is a guy I have a lot of respect for, and when he says something it's not like he is pulling it out of his ass, so when he said...

"I think Crawford is making a lot of progress," Olney said. "In fact, based on what I heard today, I think there's a good chance that he's going to be back by the end of the month. He's right on the cusp of really ramping up his throwing program, he's hitting, he's doing all the other stuff. And let's face it, at some point, if the Red Sox figure that he's throwing well enough just to even throw to a cutoff man, you go with it. Because he's playing in Fenway, there's not a lot required, you don't necessarily have to have him throwing at full speed. We've seen a lot of teams through the years will hide a guy with an arm issue out in left field. So, if they get to the point I think with Carl where they're even 75 percent of what he usually does, I think they'll probably be in a position where they can tell him, 'Hey, we'll put you in the lineup because you're hitting, you're running and you're doing all the other things that we hope you can do for us."

That's great news that he could be back soon, yet somehow it doesn't make me feel any better. If his elbow is still an issue then he shouldn't comeback. Actually I disagree with Olney (and the Red Sox if they are thinking the same). The Red Sox should wait till he is 100%. He is here for a long time, and we have had to deal with all these nagging injuries. We don't need Crawford from last year back, we need Crawford from Tampa back. The best shot at getting that Crawford back is getting him back 100%.

Crawford Out 3 Months

The Boston Red Sox announced Thursday night that Carl Crawford has a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his left (throwing) elbow, the injury that often results in Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery.

But rather than opt for surgery, the team said the outfielder will follow a protocol of more conservative treatment. ESPN

This scares the shit out of me, because I had a similar injury to this and it always acts up, and I wish when I had better insurance I actually went ahead and got the surgery. I'm afraid that Crawford is going to go through the same thing and then be out longer, later by not getting it done. I wish that he just got it done and then this would be over with. I don't want him to be in the OF and throw a ball home and have his elbow blow out. Crawford has been an absolute disaster in Boston so far, but I do feel bad for him. It seems like it's just horrible injury built up on horrible injury.

I hope he comes back and is fine, but I kind of wish he just got the TJ.

The Carl Crawford Nightmare Continues

Within a few days, Carl Crawford will have an appointment with noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews for an examination of what one baseball source characterized yesterday as “lingering soreness” in his left elbow. Herald

Dr. James Andrews is synonymous with Tommy John surgery and with Carl Crawford visiting him, that probably means Tommy John is in the not so distant future. This would blow, because I talked to my uncle the other day and he wasn't worried about the Sox because he said the Sox are getting 2 really big players for nothing in Dice K and Crawford soon, and that should help. I started to believe that too, until this came out.

If Crawford gets Tommy John then we would have a lot of payroll on the DL due to that in Lackey, Carl and Dice K.

I've been ignoring this whole Crawford situation, but this certainly sucks.

More Bad News About Carl Crawford

Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford is going to see Dr. James Andrews to have the soreness in his left elbow checked out. If you know anything about baseball you know that this is almost never good news.

Crawford already had offseason wrist surgery, and the earliest projection for his return was the beginning of May. Now with whatever this injury is he is out indefinitely. What's really scary is Bobby V is saying he is going for a "2nd opinion". Makes you wonder what they found in the first opinion. I am just praying it's not Tommy John, because that would be the season.

Sources say that it doesn't bother him while hitting, and that his wrist seems to be good, but he can't throw a baseball right now. With Ortiz being the full time DH, there is just no use for Crawford is he can't play the field.