Thursday, February 21, 2013

Garcia feeling better

VIERA, Fla. -- Christian Garcia was back in the Nationals clubhouse this afternoon, 24 hours after the right-hander had to leave camp to have both his forearm and stomach tested by a doctor.

Garcia hasn't received final word on an MRI taken on his forearm, but he did get encouraging news on his stomach ailment: It's not appendicitis, a significant relief to the pitcher.

"I was thinking it could be, because I'd never felt anything like it," he said. "So it's definitely a relief it's not that. Because I would have had to miss a lot of time if it was that."

Garcia said his stomach felt much better today. So did his arm, though he did not participate in the morning workout after complaining of tightness in the area between his wrist and forearm yesterday, preventing him from throwing a scheduled session against live hitters.

The right-hander hoped to receive word on MRI results by the end of the day. Manager Davey Johnson hopes the pitcher could be back in action tomorrow if the injury is merely a bruise or minor strain.

Garcia, who twice had Tommy John surgery while in the Yankees organization, remains unconcerned about this latest issue being anything of significance.

"As long as it's not my elbow or shoulder," he said. "It's something that, at minimum, we can get it fixed, in a short amount of time, too."

Other injury updates...

-- Wilson Ramos has been participating in full with his fellow catchers during workouts and will serve as the Nationals' designated hitter Sunday against the Marlins. Johnson said he plans to use Ramos as his DH every other day through the first week of Grapefruit League play, eventually giving him a chance to catch for the first time since tearing his ACL in May.

-- Henry Rodriguez, recovering from surgery to remove bone chips in his elbow, will throw his first bullpen session of the spring Sunday or Monday, according to Johnson.

-- Ryan Zimmerman will take live batting practice on the field tomorrow for the first time since his offseason shoulder surgery.

10 comments:

MicheleS said...

Feel better kid.

SonnyG10 said...

Regular MRI or enhanced MRI? Hope it turns out to be very minor.

Ghost Of Steve M. said...

Yah, no kidding, feel better!

Tcostant said...

Is Romos really not going to catch before May?

From above in case changed: "--Wilson Ramos has been participating in full with his fellow catchers during workouts and will serve as the Nationals' designated hitter Sunday against the Marlins. Johnson said he plans to use Ramos as his DH every other day through the first week of Grapefruit League play, eventually giving him a chance to catch for the first time since tearing his ACL in May."

SonnyG10 said...

No, it was last May when he tore his ACL.

NatsLady said...

Have received e-mails from Nats regarding single ticket sales, but I don't know exactly what dates my partial season ticket plan covers. Has anyone received their info yet? Thanks.

Tcostant said...

Sonny - thanks.

NatsLady - Sign into "My Nationals Tickets" (http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/was/ticketing/mytickets.jsp) and you will be able to see what games you have. They are out there.

NatsLady said...

P.S., all I can say is I am loving all the reports from Florida!!! Thanks to Mark and all the beats, and whatever national reporters are hanging there. Seemed like it was a century waiting for Pitchers and Catchers to report! Now I'm having trouble keeping up with all the news.... just loving it.

NatsLady said...

Thanks, Tcostant, I'll try that.

SonnyG10 said...

NatsLady said...
P.S., all I can say is I am loving all the reports from Florida!!! Thanks to Mark and all the beats, and whatever national reporters are hanging there. Seemed like it was a century waiting for Pitchers and Catchers to report! Now I'm having trouble keeping up with all the news.... just loving it.
February 21, 2013 2:56 PM


Ditto, NatsLady. I also want to thank NatsJack, djinFl, and any other NI poster providing eye witness reports and pictures fron Training Camp.

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