MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The second opinion Masataka Yoshida will undergo on his injured thumb will be Wednesday.
The Red Sox placed Yoshida (left thumb strain) on the 10-day injured list Wednesday. He left Boston’s game April 28 after jamming his hand during an at-bat.
He underwent an MRI on Wednesday but the Red Sox have continued to say they are still gathering information. Yoshida himself didn’t provide the diagnosis when he spoke with the media that night.
“We don’t know yet,” Yoshida said through translator Yutaro Yamaguchi on Wednesday. “We’ve been talking to the medical staff and just going through the medical process right now trying to figure out what the next steps will be.”
Asked if he had any concern about needing surgery, he replied, “We don’t have anything on that yet.”
Yoshida is batting .275 with a .348 on-base percentage, .388 slugging percentage, .736 OPS, two home runs, three doubles, 12 runs, 11 RBIs, six walks and 11 strikeouts in 24 games (89 plate appearances).
