Dustin Pedroia went into a major slump while playing through a knee injury suffered in mid-May, going 16-for-94 (.170) with zero homers over the next 23 games, but the former MVP is 10-for-20 (.500) with four doubles since deciding to wear a knee brace and seems optimistic that the problems are behind him:
I thought I was messed up there for a while. I was having trouble walking up stairs. It kind of worried me. My legs are like three inches, that was part of the problem. I was striking out quite a bit. I was lunging out to try to hit the ball. That’s not really a part of my game.
Alex Speier of WEEI.com reports that Pedroia continues to get treatment of his knee and the revelation that he “was having trouble walking up stairs” during the prolonged slump can’t make Red Sox fans feel very good, but for now at least it looks like Pedroia is back on track.