Johnson relieved by diagnosis
By Derrick Goold
03/04/2008 8:15 am
JUPITER, Fla. — Cardinals reliever Tyler Johnson left the campus yesterday wary of what awaited him and his shoulder in a scan of the sore joint, but he returned Tuesday with two words worth their weight in relief:
“No surgery,” he said before meeting with trainers early this morning.
Johnson has a strained rotator cuff and tendinitis, he said, and he will be shut down for a week. After giving the shoulder time to heal the Cardinals will re-evaluate his status and schedule a throwing program to get him back on the mound. Johnson told reporters that his recovery will be based around strengthening the shoulder. That is according to P-D scribe Joe Strauss, who was with reporters who spoke to Johnson.
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