Dustin Pedroia

I’m sorry to all the Red Sox fans for the cheap shot in the headline, but I just saw a great opportunity there. And yes, second baseman Dustin Pedroia will undergo “minor foot surgery” today Brian McPherson of the Providence Journal reports. The surgery will remove a screw from his foot. The screw was inserted 13 [...]

A couple of weeks ago, the Angels called up a young infielder named Alexi Amarista who grew up in Venezuela. Amarista is listed at 5′8″, but according to the scout who found him in Venezuela his height may be fudged a bit as he is more like 5′5″ (via Ignacio Serrano of El Nacional). The story [...]

Were you the cool kid on the block with an original jersey or did you follow the in-crowd?  Here’s a list of the top-10 selling jerseys from 2010 according to Major League Baseball’s official jersey maker, Majestic (via Arren Rovell of CNBC). 10. Tim Lincecum – San Francisco Giants 9. Alex Rodriguez – New York [...]

Andre Ethier has reportedly told “friends” he would like to come to the Red Sox, according to CSNNE.com’s Sean McAdam.  One reason is that former Arizona St. teammate Dustin Pedroia resides at second base for Boston. Ethier, who will turn 29 next April, is a left-handed-hitting outfielder who hit 31 home runs in 2009. Hampered by [...]

According to an exclusive survey of sports business execs (including corporate brand managers, marketing and branding executives, agencies and baseball media) conducted by the SportsBusiness Daily, Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees tops the list of the most marketable MLB players. Jeter earned 80% of first-place votes. Jeter’s name was included on 47 of [...]

Check out this video of Boston Red Sox Dustin Pedroia not getting lazy on the disabled list. Since he can’t stand on his broken left foot, he takes grounders from his knees: $('#myplayer201007011436').jwplayer({ flashplayer:'http://blog.prorumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/player.swf', skin:'http://blog.prorumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/five.xml' }); Pedroia is expected to miss at least six weeks, so Red Sox [...]

The Boston Red Sox added a few players to the disabled list over the past few days – Dustin Pedroia (broken left foot), Victor Martinez (fracture in thumb), Clay Buchholz (not on DL but has hyperextended left knee). GM Theo Epstein has a few decisions to make: He could do nothing and let it resolve itself [...]

After a game in which his skipper was ejected by home plate umpire Dale Scott for arguing balls and strikes, Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia jibed: “I don’t know, man. That was interesting. They must have had a flight. I’m actually going to check on that. If they had a flight, we’re going to [...]

Boston Red Sox Dustin Pedroia had a message to the Boston Red Sox fans after yesterday’s 17-8 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Fenway Park. To the fans of New England, everybody can be [expletive] happy when you’re [expletive] 30-1, but what is everybody going to do when we’re 12-14? Are you going to show [...]

Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com lists his predictions of trade candidates: Luke Gregerson, RHP, San Diego Padres: The reliever could go to the Phillies who are short on late inning relief. Jason Frasor, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays: The Cubs and Angels could benefit from the right-hander. Scott Downs, LHP, Toronto Blue Jays: The pending free-agent could fit [...]