The Red Sox recalled Pawtucket outfielder Jeff Bailey yesterday and had him meet the team in Baltimore, although his activation to the roster is dependant on whether or not they place pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka on the disabled.
That decision will come after the results of Dice K's MRI are examined this morning.
Bailey, who had a cup of coffee with the big club last summer and even hit a homer off Detroit's Nate Robertson, has been one of the hottest hitters in the International League over the past few weeks.
He is currently 8th in the league in hitting (.318), 3rd in homers (16) and 2nd in RBI (44) after a recent power surge in which he's hit 6 long balls and knocked in 14 runs in his last eight games. That includes three multi homer-games and three games in which he had at least 3 RBI (he had five in one game).
But the big news is not the addition of yet another talented position player ready to step in and contribute at the major league level, a la Brandon Moss, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie and Joe Thurston.
The main concern is obviously Dice K's shaky shoulder and the probability that he will have to miss at least one start if not more. Just how bad is the shoulder - skip Tuesday's turn bad, or miss a couple of weeks and cross fingers & toes that it all goes away in that time bad?
That is the $101 million dollar question facing the Nation right now.
Stay tuned.
That decision will come after the results of Dice K's MRI are examined this morning.
Bailey, who had a cup of coffee with the big club last summer and even hit a homer off Detroit's Nate Robertson, has been one of the hottest hitters in the International League over the past few weeks.
He is currently 8th in the league in hitting (.318), 3rd in homers (16) and 2nd in RBI (44) after a recent power surge in which he's hit 6 long balls and knocked in 14 runs in his last eight games. That includes three multi homer-games and three games in which he had at least 3 RBI (he had five in one game).
But the big news is not the addition of yet another talented position player ready to step in and contribute at the major league level, a la Brandon Moss, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie and Joe Thurston.
The main concern is obviously Dice K's shaky shoulder and the probability that he will have to miss at least one start if not more. Just how bad is the shoulder - skip Tuesday's turn bad, or miss a couple of weeks and cross fingers & toes that it all goes away in that time bad?
That is the $101 million dollar question facing the Nation right now.
Stay tuned.
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