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Grienke not likely to return anytime soon
- Updated: July 19, 2016
PHOENIX — D-backs starter Zack Greinke again threw from flat ground prior to Tuesday’s game against the Blue Jays, but its become increasingly unlikely he will return for the series in Milwaukee early next week.
Greinke hasn’t pitched since June 28 when he suffered left oblique tightness in a start against the Phillies. Arizona manager Chip Hale originally said there was potential for the right-handed ace to return for the series against the Brewers from July 25-28, but that may be less realistic at this point.
“[Head athletic trainer] Ken [Crenshaw] told me that he felt great and was pushing to do more, so that’s good and we’ll see if he steps on it today on the flat ground, and then we can start putting a schedule together with bullpens and when he can get back into a game,” Hale said. “It’s hard for me to believe he can make it …
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