After missing the last part of the regular season with some back issues, Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew’s back is acting up again as he was sent back to Boston on Sunday for another round of injections. This does appear to be the same issue that bothered him last season.
“The reason we did it was kind of precautionary,” Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. “We have some time right now because it is so early in March and J.D., through getting looked at with some different people, thought this could be of benefit to him. If it worked, we thought, ‘good’ and if it didn’t seem to do anything, ok, it’s March 2 or 3. If he reports last night and is here today and says it worked, that’s great, ok, that’s good news. I just think we did it if we run into a problem later this year, we know where to go.”
Backs can be a troubling thing, trust me on that one. Back injuries never seem to go away and usually linger. Sometimes it can just take sleeping wrong to cause the problem to act up again. So you can imagine what swinging a bat will do.
Like Francona said, it’s still early in spring training but as we get closer to the season we can only hope that Drew’s back is better. We’re already down Mark Kotsay to start the season and Rocco Baldelli won’t be able to play every day.
Back to injections for Drew… [Full Count]
J.D.’s back is back [Extra Bases]
Drew receives injection [Projo Sox Blog]
Update 1:15 PM: NESN’s Heidi Watney spoke exclusively with J.D. Drew and Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe provides us with the transcript. The interview will air tonight on NESN SportsDesk.
