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Ryan Kalish on surgery: ‘I am feeling pretty down about this all right now’ 01.26.13 at 4:36 pm ET
By Alex Speier   |  8 Comments

Ryan Kalish (AP)

Red Sox outfielder Ryan Kalish, in a series of entries on his twitter feed, acknowledged that he is “feeling pretty down” about the right shoulder surgery that he will undergo next week in California, which is expected to keep him out for at least spring training and the beginning months of the 2013 season.

The procedure will be the third surgery that Kalish has required in the span of roughly 16 months, following surgery to repair a bulging disc in his neck in Sept. 2011 and surgery on a torn labrum in his left (throwing) shoulder in Dec. 2011. Those two injuries caused Kalish to miss almost all of the 2011 season before his year-ending procedures, and the recovery and rehab process left him feeling as if he was a shell of himself in 2012 (in part because he did not have a healthy offseason for strengthening). Now, he faces the prospect of another season that he will enter with considerable physical limitations.

The prospect of a third straight year in which he must focus on rehab and health is admittedly frustrating to Kalish, but he vowed that despite the succession of health woes, he remains committed to returning to health.

“The past few years baseball-wise have been really mentally tough as all I want to do is play fully healthy,” he tweeted. “I am feeling pretty down about this all right now but I will not quit and will work hard to get back to where I want to be.”

Kalish’s tweets, in turn, prompted feedback from former big leaguers with whom (or for whom) he has played in the past, including Mike Cameron (Kalish’s teammate with the Sox in 2010 and 2011) and Gabe Kapler, a manager in the Sox system in 2007.

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Ex-Sox Gabe Kapler signs with Dodgers 01.18.11 at 5:08 pm ET
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Former Red Sox outfielder and minor league manager Gabe Kapler agreed to a minor league deal with the Dodgers that includes an invitation to spring training. The news was first reported by Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times (via twitter).

Kapler, 35, played for the Sox from 2003-06 as a reserve outfielder. He retired for the 2007 season in order to manage Single-A Greenville, a Red Sox affiliate, but then decided to resume his playing career in 2008 with the Brewers. He spent the past two years with the Rays, for whom he hit .210 with a .288 OBP, .290 slugging mark and .578 OPS in 2010.

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Former Sox Kapler Re-Signs With Rays 10.27.09 at 2:28 pm ET
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Former Red Sox outfielder Gabe Kapler confirmed via text message that he has re-signed with the Tampa Bay Rays for the 2010 season. The news was first reported by Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times, who reported the amount of the deal at $1.05 million. Kapler hit .239 with a .329 OBP and .439 slugging mark for the Rays in 2009. He spent parts of four seasons in Boston between 2003-06, then spent the 2007 season managing for the Sox’ Single A Greenville minor-league affiliate before resuming his playing career.

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