Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo described Geraldo Perdomo as “extremely close” on Friday in his road back to a return. Perdomo, the everyday shortstop for Arizona, only appeared in seven games this season before tearing the meniscus in his right knee. “Jerry ran 80% today with a light jog which was great,” Lovullo told Arizona Sports' Burns & Gambo. Lovullo reinforced that it has been very good news recently for all the major injured D-backs, including starters Merrill Kelly and Eduardo Rodriguez, plus center fielder Alek Thomas.
The Arizona Diamondbacks' injured list has six players from their Opening Day roster, a group that does not include coveted free agent addition starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez who started the year on the IL. Rodriguez and most recently center fielder Alek Thomas have had setbacks while fighting to get back to game action. Rodriguez had to halt his throwing program in early April. Thomas was on the cusp of returning May 7 at the Cincinnati Reds but went back to Phoenix after feeling discomfort.
According to a tweet from The Arizona Republic's Nick Piecoro, Diamondbacks left-hander Eduadro Rodríguez could be finally getting close to restarting his throwing program. The southpaw underwent an MRI yesterday, and the imaging showed positive results. It's still a relatively long road to full recovery for Rodríguez, as he will need to complete his throwing program and ramp back up with a rehab assignment before he can finally take the mound for the first time as an Arizona Diamondback. Rodríguez went through a rough beginning to his recovery.
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22 | P | |
55 | P | |
50 | P | |
23 | P | |
37 | P | |
56 | P | |
99 | P | |
40 | P | |
29 | P | |
35 | P | |
63 | P | |
52 | P | |
24 | P | |
19 | P | |
32 | P | |
57 | P | |
38 | P | |
81 | P |
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16 | C | |
14 | C |
No | Player | P |
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9 | SS | |
4 | 2B | |
18 | SS | |
2 | SS | |
28 | 3B | |
53 | 1B |
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7 | CF | |
15 | LF | |
12 | LF | |
31 | RF | |
26 | RF | |
5 | CF |
No | Player | P |
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3 | DH |