Red Sox' top prospect to have brain surgery

[Mass Haas]

Tough, tough news -- imagine if we just found out Brett Lawrie, of similar age and stature in the system, required the same.

[TooLiveBrew]

Holy crap. Best of luck to Westmoreland -- what a nightmare.

[ILuvDaBush]

Jon Lester. Anthony Rizzo. And now Ryan Westmoreland. That's absolutely terrible. On top of the prospect world. I would imagine a slight majority of pundits would take Westmoreland over Lawrie before this. His defensive position has rarely, if ever, been questioned. The best of luck.

[brewerguy71]

Westmoreland is a top 30 prospect in the game, Lawrie top 60. A bit of a difference there. Regardless, just shocking news. If he is able to play ball again it will be nothing short of a miracle. Best wishes to him.

[madrx]

Unpleasant news. However, most patient's recover well from this type of procedure. The condition is basically a bundle of extra blood vessels in the brain, coiled up like spaghetti. If the area they are removed from is left intact, no long term effects are usually noted. He hopefully will just miss this season and recover soon.