The Boston Red Sox can’t catch a break at second base. Every option they opened the season with capable of covering the position has spent time on the injured list. Now Tzu-Wei Lin, the slick-fielding infielder called up to provide some semblance of depth at the position, has been bitten by the injury imp.
Lin has been placed on the 10-day injured list with what the team is calling a left knee sprain, although it appeared to be more serious than that based on his initial reaction. Lin slid awkwardly into second base on a steal attempt during Friday’s win over the Chicago White Sox.