Dustin Pedroia’s baseball career was cut short after then-Baltimore Oriole Manny Machado slid hard into his knee at second base in 2017.
The legendary Red Sox second baseman ended up playing over 100 games that season, but he wasn’t the same player. Pedroia logged just 31 at-bats between 2018 and 2019 before undergoing what ended up being career-ending knee surgery. He officially retired in 2021 after playing his entire 14-year MLB tenure in Boston.
Despite his playing career ending sooner than it should have, fans have discussed whether or not Pedroia should be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.