CSN: Crawford admits he might need surgery

BOSTON --? Left fielder Carl Crawford was pulled off his rehab assignment Saturday, when he suffered a mild left groin strain rounding second after hitting a triple playing for Double-A Portland Thursday.
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Crawford downplayed the severity of the strain, saying the ?leg is fine?the thing is I do that every year.?
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He expects to begin another rehab assignment Thursday with Triple-A Pawtucket.
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But he did acknowledge there is a possibility he will need surgery ?at some point? on?his left elbow which has kept on the disabled list since the start of the season.
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?Probably at some point, because it?s one of those deals. It is what it is,? Crawford said. ?So probably at some point it?s going to go out on me.?
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Asked if he had thought about having surgery before the elbow goes out, Crawford replied:
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?Thought about it but at this point if I can play, I think they want me out on the field. So I?m just trying to do everything I can to get back on the field.?
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Asked if that was best for him, Crawford replied:
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?Right now, I feel like if I couldn?t help the team, I wouldn?t get out there. So I think helping the team out right now is best for me.?
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Crawford has been told, if he does have the surgery the recovery time for a position player would be shorter than for that of a pitcher.? Typically, a pitcher would need approximately 11 ? 18 months to return from Tommy John surgery.
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?From what I heard it?s not that long,? Crawford said. ?You don?t have to wait as long. So I think the recovery time will be a little faster.?
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The elbow began bothering Crawford in spring training, as he was recovering from surgery in mid-January on his left wrist.? He said he occasionally feels pain in the elbow.
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?It doesn?t really hurt when I throw in action,? he said. ?It?s weird, it?s like when I?m warming up it?s a little sore when I?m warming up. But when I?m in action and I?m making a throw it actually doesn?t bother me as much.?
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It doesn?t bother him at all, he said, when he swings a bat.
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?No, it doesn?t hurt at all when I swing a bat. So definitely if there was some pain now, I probably would have to sit down,? he said.
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Crawford said he may have to modify his throws from the outfield, throwing to a cut-off man rather than attempting any long throws. But, he acknowledged, that plan may be challenged when the heat of competition takes over.
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?It?ll probably be best for me to throw it to the cut-off man,? he said. ?But I can?t say once I get in game action, and your competitiveness takes over and you want to make certain throws. I could say I?m probably supposed to throw it to the cut-off man but at some time you still might try to make a certain throw.?
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Crawford is close, he said, to being able to make that test.
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?I feel like I?m real close,? he said. ?I feel good. Feel like I can help the team out and that?s what I?m going to try to do when I get back.?

Source: http://www.csnne.com/baseball-boston-redsox/redsox-talk/Crawford-admits-surgery-on-elbow-possibl?blockID=737218&feedID=10948

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