trot healing faster than expected

[yankeessuck013]

From ESPN

 

Boston Red Sox: The good news: Trot Nixon's strained left oblique muscle is healing faster than expected, according to the Boston Globe.

 

The bad news: The Red Sox and doctors won't let him play yet.

 

"I'd play on Monday," Nixon told the Globe on Friday. "[The doctors] would say no."

 

The Globe reported that Nixon, who missed his 14th straight game Friday, caught fly balls, fielded grounders and hit soft toss -- manager Terry Francona told the Globe that Nixon took around 60 cuts -- about four hours before Friday's game.

 

"He's progressing rapidly, quicker than he thought he would," Francona told the Globe. "You all saw what we saw [when he was hurt July 26 swinging and missing]. It looked like he got shot. I think I'm surprised he feels this good this quick.

 

"We're going to have to sit all over him, because he's feeling good. We're going to have to put a harness on him," Francona said.

 

Nixon told the Globe he'd repeat his workout Saturday and might hit live batting practice.

 

"The big hurdle will be cutting loose, me swinging like I usually swing," Nixon told the Globe. "Running full speed, coming up and making throws to certain bases, and cutting it loose [with my bat] are probably the three greatest challenges anyone's going to have with this.

 

"We'll go through next week and see how it goes," he said

[yankeessuck013]

The way we have been playing the last 3 weeks there is no reason that Trot should rush back into things at all... Kapler is solid and the lineup is terrifying right now...

 

take your time trot

[Sizzlin22]

Trot should shut his mouth and do what the docters tell him to.

[BoSox21]

no rush for Trot. he doesn't need to worry about losing his spot on the team regardless of how well Kapler is doing. The team is playing great right now so he needs to be at 100% for the stretch run and the playoffs