Timetable for Pedroia's Return

[mvp 78]

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will sit out some of 2018 after undergoing left knee surgery in October, but there’s hope he won’t miss much time. As per his rehab schedule, Pedroia is lining up for a late-April or early May return, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe estimates. Pedroia told Cafado that he hasn’t suffered any setbacks in his rehab, adding that his “knee has responded well” to running and strength exercises. After roughly six more weeks of running and then, as Cafardo writes, “a period of agility work,” Pedroia will be able to start baseball activities. The 34-year-old franchise stalwart also explained to Cafardo that knee problems weighed on him both physically and mentally in 2017, when he appeared in just 105 games, but he’s currently pain-free.

When do you think Pedroia will be able to return to BOS?

[Bellhorn04]

By the end of May is my stab in the dark.

[mvp 78]

By the end of May is my stab in the dark.

I think it's a safe bet.

[Larry Cook]

By the end of May is my stab in the dark.

I don’t know how he can be back before mid June, but if anybody is going to push it, he is the guy.

[moonslav59]

May 12th.

[Kimmi]

May 11th

[Jasonbay44]

I'll guess sometime in early June.

[jacksonianmarch]

I am going with June as well, allowing for no setbacks. You cannot rush this type of procedure. If you do, swelling ensues and it becomes a failed procedure

[a700hitter]

Pedroia thinks that he will be ready by Opening Day, but he has always be overly aggressive.

The team says that he will be ready by the end of May, but I think they tend to be conservative to lower expectations.

I am going with May1st.

[bosoxmal]

He'll retire before the end of this season. For Pete's Sake grab Nunez while we can.

[Spudboy]

He'll retire before the end of this season. For Pete's Sake grab Nunez while we can.

I don't know if he will retire by then but my educated guess is that he will not finish the season on the field.

Those wheels are fucked. Each boo-boo adds up and things really start to hurt at his age from what I recall.

I say grab Nunez if he is healthy and passes a real physical.

[Kimmi]

I don't know if he will retire by then but my educated guess is that he will not finish the season on the field.

Those wheels are fucked. Each boo-boo adds up and things really start to hurt at his age from what I recall.

I say grab Nunez if he is healthy and passes a real physical.

I think he can finish the season on the field, but I think Cora will have to manage his playing time very carefully.

I am not opposed to signing Nunez for the right price.

[Spudboy]

I think he can finish the season on the field, but I think Cora will have to manage his playing time very carefully.

I am not opposed to signing Nunez for the right price.

Manage his time means time off the field. He can't be of much use from the bench.

[Thunder]

I'll say Memorial Day just because these timelines are never accurate.

[Kimmi]

Manage his time means time off the field. He can't be of much use from the bench.

It means giving him a day off more often than he's had in the past, but it doesn't mean he'll be a bench player. I'd rather Pedroia take a day off here and there and be able to get through the season in pretty good health, than try to play almost everyday and be done in August.