After injuring his shoulder yesterday, Dewayne Wise was sent back to Chicago for further testing, and according to Mark Gonzales at the Tribune, the diagnosis is a Grade III shoulder separation; the most severe type of shoulder separation you can realistically get without suffering from major physical trauma (such as being in a car accident). According to Wikipedia (take this FWIW), the healing time required to come back could be up to 12 weeks. You can also check out this site, maintained by an orthopaedic clinic in Colorado, that's got some good information for those of you looking for a more authoritative source.Regardless of your feelings about Dewayne playing everyday in center for the Sox, it's tough to see a 31-year-old, after toiling through almost 1,000 career minor league games cut short what will probably be his last real chance to play everyday at the Majors, especially after he'd been playing well since moving down in the line-up.
The Sox purchased Jerry Owens' contract from Charlotte and added him to the 25-man roster, but Brian Anderson will be starting today in center field.
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