BOSTON — Red Sox starter Kutter Crawford underwent wrist surgery Wednesday and most likely will miss the rest of the season.
In a release, the team said he had surgery “to reconstruct the stabilizing sheath of the extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) in his right wrist.”
It is still unclear exactly how the 29-year-old righty injured his wrist. Manager Alex Cora said June 25 that it was an off-the-field injury resulting from an accident and not anything “irresponsible” on Crawford’s part.
Crawford has been on the injured list since the start of the season with right patellar tendinopathy. He was days away from a rehab assignment in early June before injuring his wrist.
Dr. Thomas J. Graham performed the surgery at the Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute in Allentown, Penn.
Crawford’s original injury to his patellar tendon dates back to the third start of last season when he hurt himself covering first base. He still made his next 30 starts, led the team in innings (183 ⅔) and posted a 4.36 ERA and .223 batting average against.
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