Dustin Pedroia 'back to 100 percent' after September wrist surgery

Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia announced Wednesday he feels no ill effects since undergoing surgery Sept. 11 to repair a tendon in his left wrist.

"I feel great," Pedroia said on WEEI SportsRadio 93.7. "I'm back to a hundred percent. I’m doing all my lifts and everything. My rehab’s going good. I’m full strength and I’m pretty excited. It’s been a long time since I’ve been myself. It’s going to be a lot of fun next year."

The 31-year-old endured a difficult season at the plate in 2014, posting career-lows in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, home runs, and stolen bases over 135 games for the Red Sox. Pedroia's performance also did little to assuage criticism over the eight-year, $110-million extension he received in July of 2013.

“Honestly, I never put any pressure on me about that,” Pedroia said. “My job is to come out and win games. For what I do to try to help the team win, I don’t know how much they’re paying for that these days but I’m sure it’s a lot, and my contract’s a lot, so there’s not anybody that puts the amount of expectations to perform well than me."

“So, trust me, I don’t need anybody to get on me or anybody to say anything bad about me if I don’t play well. Trust me, I’m pretty hard on myself as it is. I don’t ever look at it like that. I view everything as wins and losses. And obviously when your team’s in last place, that’s how I view it as not good. I’d rather live up to wins and losses than anything else.”