The Red Sox tried to rush starting 2B Dustin Pedroia back and he was re-injured just like Jacoby Ellsbury. Pedroia played in 75 games this season for the Red Sox and he was 87 of 302 (.288 avg, .860 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 12 homers, 41 RBIs and 9 stolen bases. In his 5 years with the Red Sox, Pedroia has now played in 556 games in which he is 667 of 2,190 (.305 avg, .830 OPS) with 377 runs scored, 54 homers, 253 RBIs and 56 stolen bases. No matter how much you want to win you can’t rush players back before they are healthy. Hopefully the Red Sox will learn that lesson after what happened to Pedroia and Ellsbury this year.

The Red Sox were so desperate for help that they recently signed 38-year old lefty swinging 1B Carlos Delgado despite him missing the whole year until he was signed due to a bad hip. Well he has a small tear near his left hip that will cause him to miss the rest of the year. Delgado played in 5 games in AAA-ball for the Red Sox and he was 3 of 13 (.231 avg, .497 OPS) with 2 RBIs. Desperate times call for desperate measures but the Red Sox still should’ve passed on Delgado.

The desperate Red Sox tried to rush starting 2B Dustin Pedroia back from the D.L. just like they did Jacoby Ellsbury. Now Pedroia goes right back on the D.L. with a left foot injury. Pedroia has played in 75 games for the Red Sox this year and he is 87 of 302 (.288 avg, .860 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 12 homers, 41 RBIs and 9 stolen bases. The Red Sox have called up 22-year old righty swinging 2B/SS Yamaico Navarro to replace Pedroia on the roster. He made his major league debut last night for the BoSox and he was 1 for 3 with a whiff. Navarro played in 104 games in AAA-ball this year for the Red Sox and he was 105 of 382 (.275 avg, .793 OPS) with 57 runs scored, 11 homers, 61 RBIs and 18 stolen bases. He has now played in 411 games in his five years in the minors and he is 440 of 1,564 (.281 avg, .777 OPS) with 228 runs scored, 36 homers, 242 RBIs and 48 stolen bases.

The Red Sox have shut down 20-year old righty starting pitcher Casey Kelly. Kelly started 21 games in AA-ball this year and he is 3-5 with a 5.31 ERA and a 1.61 WHIP. He gave up a whopping 118 hits in only 95 innings in AA-ball this year. Kelly has started 38 games in his first two years as a pitcher in the minors for the BoSox and he is 10-10 with a 3.69 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP. A strained muscle in Kelly’s back is the reason he’s getting shut down. Kelly was the Red Sox’ #2 prospect heading into this season according to Baseball America which explains why they want to protect him.

The Red Sox have placed 27-year old lefty swinging 2B/OF Eric Patterson on the 15-day disabled list with a neck strain. Patterson has played in 29 games for the Red Sox this year and he is 17 of 67 (.254 avg, .793 OPS) with 9 runs scored, 2 homers, 6 RBIs and 1 stolen base. The Red Sox have recalled 27-year old switch hitting outfielder Daniel Nava to replace Patterson on the active roster. Nava played in 30 games earlier this year with the Red Sox and he was 27 of 93 (.290 avg, .835 OPS) with 13 runs scored, 1 homer and 16 RBIs.