Boston’s Pedroia ponders surgery on broken foot

Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is bracing for the possibility of having season-ending surgery on his broken left foot.

Pedroia will be examined today.

“I have a CT scan early in the morning,” Pedroia said Thursday before Boston’s game against Baltimore. “If I have to have surgery, we’ll do it later in the day.”

The injury originally occurred in late June. Pedroia returned for two games in August, then went back on the 15-day disabled list. The 2008 A.L. MVP and the Red Sox hoped for his return this month, but his recovery hasn’t gone as swiftly as anticipated.

Pedroia is reluctant to write off the 2010 season, but he acknowledged surgery is probably the best solution.

“I think that would make it heal more,” he said. “They said there’s like a 50 percent chance that (without surgery) I could feel better and still, like what happened last time: I played two games and not be able to walk the next day.

“Putting the screw in is probably the best idea. It’s a 90 percent chance that I heal, that that bone heals,” he said. “So there’s a good chance I’ll have the surgery at some point.”

The Atlanta Braves activated Troy Glaus from the 15-day disabled list after the infielder missed 14 games with left knee inflammation.

Glaus spent his rehab stint at Triple-A Gwinnett, hitting .333 in 30 at-bats with two homers.