Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has been out of commission for some time now.





Pedroia spent the entirety of the offseason working to rehabilitate from cartilage restoration surgery, which he underwent late in October of last year. Pedroia had played through the pain from the injury he suffered last April for the duration of last season.





He was activated from the DL last week to make his season debut, but promptly returned after he experienced ​inflammation in the area.

Prior to tonight’s game, the #RedSox placed 2B Dustin Pedroia on the 10-day disabled list with left knee inflammation, retroactive to May 30. pic.twitter.com/Iq6eOZUBMY — Red Sox (@RedSox) June 2, 2018

But it gets worse. The veteran will now have a follow-up visit with Dr. Riley Williams III -- the man who performed the surgery on his knee -- on Tuesday.





Red Sox fans can only hope for the best.

Pedroia will visit w/ Dr. Riley Williams III on Tuesday. Williams performed the surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, N.Y. on Oct. 25.

"It feels a little bit better today. So We're going to go Tuesday to see the doctor just make sure it's nothing big," he said — Christopher Smith (@SmittyOnMLB) June 3, 2018

Perdroia said he's feeling a little bit better and that the team took every measure to make sure he was ready to go before activating him from the DL, so it appears as if this is just some bad luck.





However, if anyone can pull through this, it's Pedroia. He's one of the toughest players in the game.

One day after being placed on the DL, Dustin Pedroia clears the air about his injured left knee.https://t.co/XLslnfGDVX pic.twitter.com/1wU6MuInNo — NESN (@NESN) June 3, 2018