After Albert Pujols was put on the disabled list July 13, Angels manager Mike Scioscia suggested Pujols had been playing at close to “50%.”
After Nick Tropeano came off the disabled list, Tropeano disclosed that he had been pitching with discomfort in his shoulder “pretty much all season.”
As a sport, baseball happens every day. And who feels perfectly healthy every day, baseball or not?
Pujols returned Monday after spending 10 days allowing his inflamed knee to calm down. His rehabilitation included a platelet-rich plasma injection.
Tropeano came back Saturday and, after giving up one earned run in five innings, explained that the bigger goal was to emerge physically intact.