Zimmerman performed some light baseball activities Tuesday afternoon for the first time since going on the 15-day DL April 9. Standing down the right-field line at Nationals Park, he played catch with head trainer Lee Kuntz from about 60 feet, fielded some hand-thrown grounders and then jogged about 90 feet several times.
Zimmerman hasn't yet taking batting practice, run the bases or fielders grounders off a bat, steps he must take before he can return to game action. Even then, he'll need to go on a minor-league rehab assignment for at least a couple of days to face live hitting before
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3 comments:
Mr. Brittle.
These things always drag on. Sounds like he won't be a factor this year. Nats might have to trade for a bat to replace him.
we just want to make sure we keep the days as short as possible on this end, so it doesn't extend later to be a real long period of time where he would have to sit because he's re-aggravated it
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