{"id":7063,"date":"2017-06-24T17:50:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T21:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=7063"},"modified":"2017-06-24T18:20:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T22:20:11","slug":"brock-holts-vertigo-lands-60-day-dl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/06\/24\/brock-holts-vertigo-lands-60-day-dl\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Holt&#8217;s Vertigo Lands Him on 60-Day DL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox officially added new pitcher <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fistedo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doug Fister<\/a><\/strong> to the major league roster, but also lost a familiar face for a while. On Saturday, the Sox transferred super-utility man <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/holtbr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Holt<\/a><\/strong> to the 60-day disabled list due to a recurrence of his vertigo. At this point, there&#8217;s no telling when, or if, Holt will return to action this season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brock Holt moved to the 60-day DL. And as announced last night, Hector Velazquez optioned to Pawtucket to make room for Doug Fister<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen McCaffrey (@jcmccaffrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jcmccaffrey\/status\/878696194427543553\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Brock Holt&#8217;s Vertigo Lands Him on 60-Day DL<\/h2>\n<p>Holt has done little more than field grounders and take batting practice for over a month. He was originally placed on the 10-day disabled list on April 21, after first experiencing the symptoms of vertigo. He had been in the midst of a rehab assignment in May, but was shut down once again after the vertigo returned. Since then, he&#8217;s done little in the way of baseball activities.<\/p>\n<p>Holt, 29, has seen action in just six games this season. If he doesn&#8217;t manage to return before the playoffs, he&#8217;ll finish the season with a .133 batting average and just a single RBI. Holt was an All-Star in 2015, when he hit .280 while also playing just about every position on the field (other than pitcher and catcher). Last year, his average fell to a mediocre .255, but he did set a career-high with seven home runs. However, he also struggled to stay healthy last year; he managed just 94 games.<\/p>\n<p>Though not a true offensive threat, Holt made a name for himself as a fan-favorite thanks to his hard work, grit, hustle, and willingness to do whatever he could to help the team. The &#8220;Brock Star&#8221;, as he is fondly known, never complained about playing time or position. Had he been asked to pitch or catch, he would have done so gladly. Holt&#8217;s energy and fun-loving nature on the field and in the clubhouse will be missed while he works his way back to action.<\/p>\n<p>One of the true good guys, Holt&#8217;s return to full health before the end of the season would be a feel-good story and would be warmly welcomed by the fans. Here&#8217;s to hoping Brock Holt&#8217;s vertigo becomes a thing of the past.<\/p>\n<h2>Other Notes<\/h2>\n<p>The Red Sox made a few other roster moves on Saturday. Infielder <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rutlejo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Rutledge<\/a><\/strong> landed on the 7-day concussion disabled list, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=lin---000tzu&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tzu-Wei Lin<\/a><\/strong> was added from the Double-A Portland Seadogs to replace him. Rutledge is also dealing with hip soreness. In addition, pitcher <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/velazhe01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hector Velazquez<\/a><\/strong> was optioned to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox to make room for Fister.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Red Sox announce a series of moves. Josh Rutledge to the DL with a concussion. Infielder Tzu-Wei Lin added to the roster from Portland.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jen McCaffrey (@jcmccaffrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jcmccaffrey\/status\/878695921529364484\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/687436834\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.835017% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/687436834?et=Hqlyq8wxR-JGru7OAr14Wg&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=gmZn_OAPIrD4otEu2y0mMf9WV0Jy6hyFXWgmdJJtNZA=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"397\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox officially added new pitcher Doug Fister to the major league roster, but also lost a familiar face for a while. On Saturday, the Sox transferred super-utility man Brock Holt to the 60-day disabled list due to a recurrence of his vertigo. 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