I think they dropped him from the 40 man roster last year and they had to DFA him to do it. He cleared waivers and was reassigned to Pawtucket. That's why I thought he was out of options.
They can design a shoe to help take the pressure off his achilles and tape him very tight to prevent further injury. He'll be a bit hobbled, but we pay him to hit not run the bases.
He is the first one that I know on TalKSox to "stick a fork" in him. He got a lot of guff over that. I figured that it would take some time for him to get back, but it looks like the kid is completely lost.
He was great in Japan, but I am not sure that even they refer to him as a national treasure. He hadn't done a thing here. It was an overboard statement about the guy IMO.