Best-case return for McGee is last homestand

McGee notches the save 0:23 8/9/15: Jake McGee gets Curtis Granderson to ground out, recording the save as the Rays win, 4-3 ST. PETERSBURG -- Jake McGee underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on Friday to repair a meniscus tear in his left knee.

When asked about the best-case scenario for his return, the hard-throwing left-hander told reporters: "Not really sure. I've heard here and there maybe the last homestand. I'm just going to try and take it day-to-day. Maybe start playing some catch next week. See how my strength is and kind of go from there."

McGee suffered the injury on Aug. 18 against the Astros.

"I felt it on [his second-to-last] pitch and it felt a lot different," McGee said.…