Circling the Bases: Carl Crawford Next Year

Carl Crawford is done for the year as he will undergo Tommy John surgery Thursday. Thirteen games behind the Yankees in the AL East, Crawford apparently went to the Red Sox management and asked if they would allow him to undergo the surgery on his elbow so that he could be at 100 percent by the start of the 2013 season. The timing for those that had waited on Crawford to return and produce couldn't be worse. Look at the numbers that Crawford was putting up in August: .306-2-15-14-3. That's not elite production, but it's certainly impressive work that was aiding many a club. This decision by Crawford will also be a death blow to those few owners that continued to profess faith in the outfielder. At this point, the bandwagon is basically down to a single person on a tricycle.

You've reached the end of our free article preview.
See below to find out how you can read the full version of this article.

---