Red Sox outfielder Mike Cameron’s season has been plagued with injuries, and it now appears that they will bring a premature end to his 2010 season.
Mike Cameron’s Season Probably Over Due To Abdominal Tear
Boston’s outfield on Opening Day featured J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Mike Cameron. Cameron, however, missed the fifth game of the season while Ellsbury missed the seventh, and the two have combined for just 66 appearances all year. And it appears the number will stay that way - yesterday, the rest of Ellsbury’s season was put in doubt, and today, the same now goes for Cameron.
Cameron has been dealing with an abdomen injury, as well as a hip flexor injury and a groin strain, and his body just hasn’t dealt with the obstacles the way Cameron and the team had hoped. The focus has turned to getting Cameron back in good health for spring training.
Read Article >Mike Cameron Returns To Disabled List With Abdominal Strain
The 2010 season has been unkind to Red Sox outfielder Mike Cameron. The athletic 37 year old missed a month of the year with an abdominal tear early on. In the middle of July, he got hit in the wrist by a Brandon Morrow fastball. And recently, he’s been dealing with continued soreness in his abdomen - soreness that has forced him back on the DL:
Daniel Nava’s coming back to take Cameron’s place on the roster. Cameron’s numbers this year are as low as they’ve been in more than a decade, but given all the various aches and pains through which he’s suffered, it’s understandable, and at this point it’s everyone’s hope that he’s just able to avoid having surgery and possibly come back late in the year. Still under contract for $7.25m in 2011, the Red Sox have little reason to take chances with Cameron’s health.
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