With Mike Lowell on DL, Will Boston Red Sox Make Move?

The Red Sox were hoping it wouldn’t come to this, but on Tuesday Mike Lowell was put on the 15-day disabled list due to a strain in his surgically repaired hip. On Monday, doctors in Boston drained fluid from Lowell’s hip and gave him an injection of a lubricating fluid, Synvisc. Apparently, the 35-year-old third baseman needs some time for the inflammation to subside and the procedures to take effect.  With the All Star break just 13 days away, this is an opportune time (if there is such a thing) for the Sox to put Lowell on the shelf. The move is retroactive to June 28. Lowell has been a steady presence in the Sox lineup this season, playing in 68 of the team’s first 76 games, before being temporarily derailed. However, he had started just two of the team’s previous nine games, so it was clear that he was ailing. Yet, Lowell has been remarkably durable for player coming off of major hip surgery, and highly ... (link)