April 14 (Reuters) – Boston Red Sox All-Star center fielder
Jacoby Ellsbury has been placed on the 15-day disabled list
after he dislocated his right shoulder, the team said on
Saturday.
He could miss up to eight weeks, Major League Baseball’s
website said.
A Red Sox statement said team officials were in the process
of determining a treatment plan.
Boston manager Bobby Valentine told reporters he had not
heard the word “surgery” mentioned in the team’s discussions of
Ellsbury.
Dislocations, when the upper arm comes partially out of the
shoulder socket, can typically take six to eight weeks to heal,
mlb.com said.
Ellsbury, runner-up for American League Most Valuable Player
last year, was injured in a collision with the Tampa Bay Rays’
Reid Brignac at second base on Friday.
Brignac landed on Ellsbury’s shoulder and the Red Sox
player, after being helped up by trainers, held his right arm
close to his body as he walked off the field.
(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina, editing
by Pritha Sarkar)
