BOSTON - Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is preparing for surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right elbow.
Dice-K says surgery only option on injured elbow
June 5, 2011 at 11:36PM
Matsuzaka spoke Sunday for the first time since the Red Sox placed him on the 60-day disabled list so he can have elbow ligament replacement surgery, likely this week.
"It's my first time to get an operation and all I can say is I'm very shocked when it comes to this result," he said through an interpreter. "I was told the ligament is torn and to fix it perfectly I need to have surgery."
Matsuzaka is in the fifth year of a six-year deal he signed when Boston brought him over from Japan. With a recovery time of 12 to 14 months, his future with the Red Sox is uncertain.
"I don't think of it that way. I hope I come back to the game again in a Red Sox uniform," he said.
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