Things look good for David Ortiz this week. The cast was removed and replaced with a splint. According to Francona, he’ll begin range of motion exercises soon. With any luck (and a lot of determination), David will avoid surgery and maybe be back within a few weeks. Red Sox Nation will breath a huge sigh of relief if they can get Big Papi back into the lineup.
Thanks to a deep bench and despite a couple uncharacteristic performances by Jonathan “stop throwing the splitter” Papelbon , the Sox have been able to hold their own to date winning 10 of 14 during Ortiz’ absence. With J D, Ellsbury and Pedroia picking up the slack in the power department, the Sox haven’t been hurting in offense although they occasionally struggle against a pitcher who’s on his game.
All I know is I’ll feel better seeing the big guy slapping his gloved hands together in the batters box again.
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