Stan Conte
Stan Conte
far weird
As far as I'm concerned, he's ready. Now we're just double-checking and triple-checking. But this is a weird injury. I'm always going to be a little worried.
concern muscle next time
There is some inflammation in the muscle and it is his push-off leg, so that's a concern any time for a pitcher, ... We'll know more in the next day or so.
against among best competing days injured league reality teams
Actually, we were 10th in the league in days missed. And while that is unacceptable -- traditionally we've been among the best -- the reality was, in our division, we were competing against teams more injured than we were.
coming far month week
One day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time. That's how we're going to do it all year. We're not going to try to look too far ahead. Each day he's going to come in and tell us how he's coming along.
almost expect full motion pain swelling turn
The swelling was almost completely gone. He had full motion and no pain. That's all very, very positive. I really didn't expect it to turn around that quickly.
batting close good last next playing practice progress swinging
Batting practice is next on his agenda. But he's swinging well and making good progress in the last 48 hours. He's close to playing in a game.
almost fairly groin guarantee impossible left today
Moises has a left groin pull, fairly significant. It's not minor. We're listing him as day-to-day because it's almost impossible to know when he'll return. But I can guarantee it's not today or tomorrow.
certain player ultimately
Ultimately the player makes this decision, to a certain degree,
barry came good help knee knows month pleased tells
We're going to play a lot off of what Barry tells us, because he's the only one who knows how his knee is going to feel. It's always going to be a day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to- month thing. You can't help but be pleased that he came here, he did some good stuff, he left, and we'll see how it is tomorrow.
age age-and-aging eight last matter worked
We're going to go back to the things that worked the last eight years. No matter what age a person is, he still has to go out and run.
game good innings knee looked looks opening plenty soon time watch
His knee looks good. It has looked good for a while, so we'll see how he comes out of this and we'll get him into a major-league game as soon as we can. We'll watch him, but things are going the way we anticipated. He's got plenty of time to get his innings in between now and Opening Day.
good innings knee looked opening plenty time
His knee has looked good for a while, and things are going the way we anticipated. He has plenty of time to get his innings in before Opening Day.
midst serious testing tomorrow
I don't know how serious it is. We're still in the midst of it. We're doing some testing and will know more tomorrow afternoon.
evaluate felt goes information left swing today took
He took a swing in BP today and felt a twinge in his left elbow. We're going to evaluate it as the day goes on. We don't really have any more information than that.