Sunday, June 09, 2002
Ramirez closer to returning to Red Sox
Baseball notebook
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Boston Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez is scheduled to return to the team Monday and could be activated from the disabled list sooner than originally expected.
Ramirez has been rehabilitating in Florida since breaking his finger May11 when he slid headfirst into home plate and hit his hand on Seattle catcher Dan Wilson's shinguard.
Manager Grady Little said the team received positive reports from the doctors in Florida who have monitored Ramirez's recovery.
“Manny's doing good. He'll join us here Monday and stay with us until he can play,” Little said. “Hopefully, it won't be too long. We hope he's closer than we've all been thinking.”
Little said Ramirez could be back before the team returns from the next road trip, which would mean at most two more weeks.
MARLINS: Florida activated catcher Ramon Castro from the 15-day disabled list Saturday.
Castro , who went on the DL on May 16 with a strained muscle in his right elbow, returns to back up Charles Johnson and Mike Redmond. In 14 games, he is batting .261 with three homers and six RBI.
YANKEES: Andy Pettitte made it through his latest rehab start with no difficulty and is set to rejoin New York.
“I think I'm ready,” Pettitte said Saturday, one day after his outing for Double-A Norwich. “My command has been good and I was able to get my pitch count up. Is my arm in midseason form yet? Obviously not. But I think it's time to get going.”
Pettitte missed seven weeks with tendinitis in his left elbow. He made his fourth rehab start Friday, allowing one run and two hits in 6 1/3 innings. He threw 82 pitches.
“I threw everything,” he said. “My velocity last night was the same in the seventh inning as it was in the first. For me that's a good sign because when you get fatigued you need to hold your velocity. I was letting it go and threw some hard cutters.”
Pettitte has experienced elbow problems since his first spring training start March 3. He went 1-1 with a 3.09 ERA in three regular season starts, the last on April 15.
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