Typically, when the muscle fibers tear there is a little bit of bleeding in the injury. That gives us an idea of the extent of the injury. How that resolves — that is the question. If it starts feeling a lot better, we may repeat the MRI at a future date to see if it looks much better. It may.

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So far, he's passing all the tests.

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We don't know if he's going to pitch again this year. We hope he's a quick healer.

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