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The Boston Red Sox placed Dustin Pedroia on the 15-day DL again because of a strained right hamstring injury, according to The Boston Globe.
The same injury nearly cost Pedroia a month of action prior to the All-Star break. The 31-year-old second basemen only played in five games since his return, and went 1-for-22.
"I'm upset," Pedroia told ESPN.com after Boston's 5-1 loss to Detroit on Saturday. "I feel a lot better, which is a great sign, so that means it's healing. It just needs a little more time."
The Red Sox are 12 games out of first place in the AL East with a 43-55 record. There’s no rush to bring him back since it appears as if the Red Sox won’t be making the postseason this year.
"While the injury or the strain to the hamstring doesn't show any enlargement, he's still aggravated by the symptoms and feel like he needs some shut-down period to get back over this," Boston Manager John Farrell told ESPN.com.
Pedroia doesn’t know when he’ll be back this season.
"It's kind of the same thing as before," he said. "It takes a long time for these things to heal. I think we're all trying to take the quickest time possible and come back and give us a boost. Tried that, played for a little bit, got black and blue, so we did the smart thing and got it looked at and go from there."
Knuckleballer Steven Wright was recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket to take Pedroia's spot on the roster.
