Dustin Pedroia Says He’s Healthy And Has IOUs For Doubters

Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox said his wrist is now 100 percent healthy after surgery in a radio interview, and the 2008 MLB AL MVP said he feels like himself for the first time in a long time.

If you’ve been doubting Dustin Pedroia recently, beware: the Boston Red Sox second baseman has apparently been taking notes, and he said in a radio interview today with his wrist now feeling healthy after having surgery on it, he has “a lot of IOUs to hand out to people.”

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Pedroia has apparently been struggling with a tendon in his left wrist for quite some time, and shut down his season in early September. He was a shell of himself offsensively (seven home runs, slashing .278/.337/.376), but he was still excellent defensively, with 17 Defensive Runs Saved per Fangraphs, his second-best season ever in the field.

“The year before it was a loose feeling, I tore that ligament in my thumb and everything just felt loose, so I was able to figure it out and let the ball travel more and just try to slap balls the other way and get hits and not try to drive the ball,” Pedroia said. “This year it was more, I was restricted. I didn’t have any motion. It was so swollen and tight all year, I couldn’t get a feel of how to get through it. It was tough. I fought it all year.Now that it’s fixed, it’s night and day. I can already tell that. There’s a lot of IOU’s to hand out to people, so I’m pretty excited about it.”

Getting the Dustin Pedroia of old with the bat would be a huge help in turning the Red Sox back around, so if he’s healthy, it could be bad news for AL pitchers.

Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox said his wrist is now 100 percent healthy after surgery in a radio interview, and the 2008 MLB AL MVP said he feels like himself for the first time in a long time.

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