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Amaro: Contreras has mild strain, out 3-4 weeks

POSTED: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 8:09 PM

Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer

PHOENIX -- An MRI on Jose Conteras' injured right elbow revealed a mild, Grade 1 strain, Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said. Contreras will be out for three to four weeks, Amaro said.

The 39-year-old righthander will be shut down completely for seven to 10 days and could resume throwing after that. Amaro believes the three- to four-week timetable is when Contreras could be back actually pitching for the Phillies.

In other injury news...

Ertswhile closer Brad Lidge will meet with doctors when the team arrives home from the West Coast trip. The expectation is he will be cleared to begin playing catch.

Meanwhile, outfielder Domonic Brown will begin his official rehab assignment with single-A Clearwater on Wednesday. Brown hit two home runs in an extended spring training game Tuesday.

Also, infield prospect Harold Garcia tore his ACL and will miss the remainder of the season. Garcia, 24, was added to the 40-man roster this winter.

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Comments (7)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:54 PM, 04/26/2011

S'awright big dog, go rest for a bit, let Madsen and co handle if for a while.

— ExiledinFla

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:31 PM, 04/26/2011

The youth will get their chances. Go Stutes!!!!

— shawnmac

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:41 PM, 04/26/2011

Tonight, the Phils are ...losing and the Marlins will be in First Place. It is just sad that the hitters cannot give the pitching staff some leeways. Oswalt got touched up pretty good and the hitters, Raul, Ben, et al just are not going to get the job done. One wonders if the injuries now are collectively hurting the entire squad.

— Koons

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:00 PM, 04/26/2011

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllaaaxxxx ITS APRIL!!!

— tremo12

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:35 PM, 04/27/2011

Sounds like good news, but with the "information" we've been getting from Amaro on injuries (Utley's condition during spring training, Lidge's initial timetable), I take everything he says with a grain of salt.

— Phils Phan 28

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:38 PM, 04/27/2011

@mainlinephan, I think we will be relaxing through the rest of the season, as we build up a double digit lead in the standings. What part of "reality" makes you think otherwise - the winning percentage this year or the history of winning over the last 4 years? 2 bad games and you're jumping ship, sad.

— Phils Phan 28