Sox Injury Updates

110% taken from Will Carroll's column Under The Knife, which me and my friends actually pay money for just to hopefully gain an advantage in fantasy baseball. Yea I know, saaad buut truuue.

"There's good news and bad news in Beantown with their multiplicity of injuries. We'll start with the bad, as Ellsbury traded a neat diving grab for a sprained shoulder. He had jammed the shoulder on a slide earlier, but the catch is where the AC joint was exposed. The Boston Globe says that the shoulder is inflamed and tender while questioning whether or not he'll be available today. My sources are telling me that this might be a bit worse than that, however. It's hard to tell at this stage, though it's likely that Ellsbury is headed for some imaging to see how bad the sprain—and let's be clear here, this is a sprain and not a strain—should be graded. Depending on the severity, Ellsbury could miss anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of weeks, and there's just no way to tell yet. That he was able to stay in is a positive, but it could also be that Ellsbury just has a high pain tolerance. We'll know a lot more later today.

The good news is that Smoltz continues to rehab well, and seems to be on track to get his first Red Sox start early next week. The Sox are also looking toward getting Jed Lowrie back near the end of the month; as with all wrist injuries, the normal bat control caveats apply, though the bar has been lowered by the issues the Sox have had in his absence. Despite the rumors and talks, it would surprise me if the Sox made a significant move before giving Lowrie the chance to re-establish himself at shortstop."

Thanks Will. Ill have more later. And dont be shy with the comments people. We've gotten 2.5 over the last month and a half so things are looking up.