Drew out for season?

[TheKilo]

Per Francona on WEEI - Drew is playing tonight and starting in RF.

[redsoxrules]

Per Francona on WEEI - Drew is playing tonight and starting in RF.

 

YEAH!

[NomahsHammSammich]

Assuming Drew can play effectively,

 

 

Sox win series 3-1. Beckett does not lose in October. Lester/Saunders matchup is in our favor. Dice-K can keep us close on road vs. Santana. Santana has never won a big game... I love our chances. I would be willing to bet Mr. Scioscia, given his choice, would have chosen any other playoff team to face in round 1 other than the Sox.

[Cocos Disciples]

Wooooohooooo JD Drewwwww!

[Mr Crunchy]

Hopefully and this is a big one but hopefully they sat drew for this extended period of time to make sure he was going to be healthy for the run.

herniated disks dont heal overnight and it can take the most easy task and turn it into a painfilled adventure..Since theyve been threatening to play him for a month now i can freely assume that tito sat him this long on purpose with the intent on making his as healthy as possible.

or

he is in a situation where he wants to give it a go to see if he can or cant.

we need his bat,this isnt in dispute,we need his bat and his OBP and his presence adds some ummmmph to the lineup.

but lets not get too hopefull

backs are a bitch and they dont heal overnight and 1 moment your fine and the next youre on the dl for 60 days...

i wont argue the fact that we need him and i am hopefull he can be productive but as my sainted grandmother used to say"'s*** IN YOUR LEFT HAND THEN HOPE IN YOUR RIGHT SEE WHAT FILLS 1ST""

 

she also said dustin pedroia would need to lift weights for 25 years to be classified as a lesbian so what the f*** does she know.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Sox will be fine w/o him. I'll live.

[Cocos Disciples]

But he played yesterday...

[NomahsHammSammich]

September stats for the Sox top 3 starters:

 

Beckett: 2.16 ERA, 25 IP, 20 Hits, 4 BB, 27 Ks

Dice-K: 2.74 ERA, 23 IP, 17 Hits, 12 BB, 25 Ks

Lester: 2.28 ERA, 27.2 IP, 24 Hits, 12 BB, 24 Ks

[BoSox21]

September stats for the Sox top 3 starters:

 

Beckett: 2.16 ERA, 25 IP, 20 Hits, 4 BB, 27 Ks

Dice-K: 2.74 ERA, 23 IP, 17 Hits, 12 BB, 25 Ks

Lester: 2.28 ERA, 27.2 IP, 24 Hits, 12 BB, 24 Ks

 

considering how badly he faded last season, Dice-K has the most impressive stats in there to me, aside from the walks. Beckett seems to be rounding into form and Lester has been a f***ing horse since May.

[a700hitter]

Sox will be fine w/o him. I'll live.

No they won't be fine without him. Pencil in 4 pop outs for Kotsay every game if Drew can't play.

[landia]

I miss the the mvp of all-star game very much！

[Cocos Disciples]

I miss the the mvp of all-star game very much！

 

LOL at your comeback.

[VA Sox Fan]

Yet another Drew & Lowell update

 

Posted by Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff September 27, 2008 04:30 PM

 

The Red Sox face uncertainty about how the injuries to both J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell will affect their postseason roster. Drew has moved from frustration to confusion regarding the herniated disc in his back and how it has affected his back. “We can’t really figure it out,” he said today, sitting down and facing his locker. The Red Sox and Drew, who was out of the lineup again today, don’t seem to think he’ll play again before the playoffs.

 

“I think everybody’s concerned, especially myself,” Drew said. “You know I played the other night, played three innings, didn't feel great by any means, but I got through it. Felt decent when I left the game, thought I'd be ready for the next day, I was stiff. Tried to go out and run some sprints and that just kind of set everything off. I had to come in, I tried to hit in the cage for a few swings and that didn't work out too well. Came in, did some treatment, was pretty stiff.”

 

Drew’s back, to understate, is on-again, off-again. How was it feeling today?

 

“I have stiffness when I wake up, stiffness when I get out of the car,” Drew said. “But I'm able to do some things as far as like coming in, getting some work in, and doing some treadmill stuff. I was able to hit in the cage a little bit yesterday, so I'm going to see what I can do this morning to get loose, kind of do the same thing as I did yesterday, see how it goes.”

 

The news about Mike Lowell is more encouraging. The pain he felt last night after a checked swing, he said, felt similar to the pain he had in Tampa roughly 10 days ago, the snag that led to his eight-game absence. This morning, though, his right hip felt better than the morning after the Tampa issue.

 

“Mikey actually was a little surprised that he felt as good as he did,” Terry Francona said. “Last time he did this or had an episode, in Tampa, he woke up the next day and was really sore. So I think that's at least somewhat encouraging. So what we'll do, we'll just let him spend the next couple days, let the medical people work with him, and we'll get him out there Tuesday and run him through a workout and see how he does. I visited with Mikey last night, I visited with him this morning. We're on the same page. He's a tough kid, maybe the toughest I've ever seen. He's hurting. We'll evaluate how he's doing and go from there. I mean he's not ready to quit, so we would not quit on him.”