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Richards: Elbow feeling ‘normal’ during rehab work
- Updated: August 11, 2016
CHICAGO — Garrett Richards is looking forward to his next medical exam Monday, when the injured Angels right-hander will have another assessment done on the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right elbow.
If things look good, Richards could get cleared to begin throwing a baseball again, something he hasn’t done since being placed on the 15-day disabled list May 6 with a high-grade UCL tear. Rather than having Tommy John surgery right away, Richards opted to delay it and try stem-cell therapy plus rehab exercises.
“I’m just continuing to do my internal rotational stuff and staying on my lifting, and doing more exercises that simulate more throwing motions, and everything feels completely normal,” Richards said Wednesday at Wrigley Field. “I don’t feel any discomfort or anything. I’m doing a lot of weighted-ball stuff in a throwing motion, so that’s added stress more than what a normal baseball would be, and everything feels totally fine. I’m hopeful that this works.”
If Richards can begin throwing a baseball Monday, he will start trying to build his arm back to the point he can handle bullpen sessions. Eventually, he’d like to test it out in either an instructional league …
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