{"id":76631,"date":"2024-10-02T22:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T22:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/71751cc0f336d66c264b2847"},"modified":"2024-10-02T22:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T22:00:21","slug":"offseason-surgery-could-complicate-things-for-red-sox-and-slugger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/offseason-surgery-could-complicate-things-for-red-sox-and-slugger\/","title":{"rendered":"Offseason surgery could complicate things for Red Sox and slugger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/offseason-surgery-could-complicate-things-for-red-sox-and-slugger.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div readability=\"38.935598018401\">\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that the <span class=\"waslinkname\">Boston Red Sox<\/span> were looking to trade Masataka Yoshida last offseason just one year after signing a five-year, $90 million contract with the organization.<\/p>\n<p>After injuries majorly impacted Yoshida&#8217;s 2024 season, Boston probably wants to find a trade partner again.<\/p>\n<p>However, that just got more complicated, as Yoshida recently told reporters that he&#8217;ll undergo right shoulder surgery after the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll get a physical and try to come up with the best solution,\u201d Yoshida said through his translator (via. <span class=\"waslinkname\">MassLive<\/span>).&nbsp;\u201cWhen I had swings and misses, I felt it a little bit. I felt like I could keep swinging and playing so that\u2019s why I kept playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yoshida missed plenty of games this season, but it was due to a thumb issue. After that, he hit .303 with an .828 OPS with eight home runs and 44 RBIs over his last 75 games.<\/p>\n<p>If Boston is looking for a trade partner to take on the final three seasons and $55.8 million, they&#8217;ll probably want to know that the designated hitter is healthy and ready to go for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The market was probably already limited, considering the Red Sox refused to ply Yoshida in the outfield, but this will make it even harder to get a deal done.<\/p>\n<h2>MORE RED SOX NEWS<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"waslinkname\">Alex Cora wants former Red Sox to win Cy Young<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"waslinkname\">AL playoff team tried to trade for Red Sox starter<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"waslinkname\">Kenley Jansen explains his early departure from the team<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"waslinkname\">Red Sox pitcher\u2019s future is up in the air<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that the Boston Red Sox were looking to trade Masataka Yoshida last offseason just one year after signing a five-year, $90 million contract with the organization. After injuries majorly impacted Yoshida&#8217;s 2024 season, Boston probably wants to find a trade partner again. However, that just got more complicated, as Yoshida recently told &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","has-thumb","has-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}