It's not a mainstream public-type award, but it's significant because it comes from the people who really pay attention to the details.

A lot of people thought he was toast when he came to us.

He's scheduled to have a quick doctor visit to get up-to-date with his inner ear issue. He's been doing his long toss, probably will start to graduate onto the mound and just go day-by-day on the basis of how he feels.

He had it when he got here.

He went through some treatment today and the doctors are continuing to be encouraged, but he's really still in that active rest period. We don't think this is going to be a quick fix.

We had a couple of conversations (Monday) but there's nothing to report. At this point, I can't read the situation at all.