“I’m positive about it, but we’re not going to push him,” Cora said. “We sent him over there for a reason, for a new way of rehabbing him. So we have to be patient.”
The 2018 season hasn’t gone the way Dustin Pedroia planned.
The Red Sox second baseman began the season on the disabled list after having cartilage restoration surgery on his knee following the 2017 campaign.. He appeared in just three games for Boston in May before heading back to the DL with knee inflammation.
Pedroia went to Arizona on July 13 to continue rehabbing his knee, and didn’t commit to making a return to the diamond in 2018.
Sox manager Alex Cora provided an update on the 34-year-old Friday before Boston’s 10-4 win over the Minnesota Twins, stating Dr. Riley Williams III, the doctor who performed the surgery, constructed a new rehab plan for Pedroia.
“He’s going through his process over there,” Cora said, via MassLive’s Christopher Smith. “He feels good about it. So that’s what we have.”
Although Cora wouldn’t give too much detail regarding the second baseman’s health, he’s not ruling out a return this season for Pedroia.
