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David Ortiz update

Email|Link|Comments (3) Posted by Baxter Holmes, Globe Correspondent July 12, 2008 05:23 PM

Red Sox general manager Terry Francona said slugger David Ortiz, who was placed on the 15-day DL June 3 with a torn tendon in his left wrist, will head to Triple A Pawtucket after the All-Star break for July 17, 18, and 19 games against Toledo.

Ortiz will get a day off, Francona said, and head to Double A Portland for a three-game homestand against Connecticut on Jule 21, 22, and 23.

Ortiz could re-join the team after it gets back from its six-game road trip. If he does, his first game back would be July 25 at Fenway Park against the Yankees.

"That's not etched in stone but that's what we're looking at," Francona said.

Francona said Ortiz hit against the pitching machine Friday and tried to simulate as much as he could. Ortiz will go to the All-Star game in New York Monday and hit in the cage there, too.

When asked if he felt 100 percent, Ortiz said, "I don’t know. I’ve got to play first. Sometimes I get a little sore but it’s not the sore that bothers me... Hopefully when I start facing speed, everything still feels the same way when I’m hitting. That’s good enough for me."

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3 comments so far...

I believe your description of Ortiz' injury is not accurate -- according to reports in the Globe and on the Red Sox site he did not tear a tendon. He had a partial tear of the sheath that covers the tendons in the wrist. As it was reported, a torn tendon would have been a much more serious injury.

Posted by JDC July 12, 08 06:10 PM

Theo has been replaced? Francona has both jobs now?

Posted by Barth July 12, 08 06:23 PM

There appears to be a bigger story here if Terry is now also the GM. Has Theo been fired or what

Posted by Barth July 12, 08 09:49 PM