BRADENTON, Fla. -- Outfielder Daniel Nava returned to LECOM Park on Thursday morning, determined to make the best of his situation after undergoing back surgery last week.
The good news, Nava said, is his back feels "obviously a lot better" after a microdiscectomy, which cleaned up a disc that had fallen out of alignment to remove pressure on a compressed nerve. He's no longer experiencing the discomfort that persisted throughout last season -- when the 35-year-old missed time with a back strain -- and this past offseason.
"Not what I was hoping for, but I've got to look at it from the positive perspective," he said.