The doctor said that there is really nothing more you can do, ... It's just stiff, sore, swollen. That's the bottom line.

It's just bruised, sore and stiff,

I've heard nothing but amazing things about the city of San Diego, and I am excited to finally have the opportunity to play there. I hope that I can help bring another division title back to San Diego, then continue on to a successful post-season run.

It's what I expected after getting hit in the neck with a ball. It's sore. It's stiff. ... If there's any way to make my next start, I'll make it.

From our standpoint, it's nothing more than a sore shoulder.

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.