I think there's a really good chance that Matt is contributing in a meaningful level here relatively soon. It's not going to be this month. It's more than a month for sure, and then we'll kind of figure it out from there. It was not a full repair. It was more of a trimming.
His strike-throwing has never been in question, nor has his propensity for giving up homers, but he started making far too many mistakes last season. That has been the case this spring as well, with opponents finding more barrels than you'd like to see.
Seiya Suzuki limped off the field after he was caught stealing to end the 1st inning in Japan's loss to Venezuela in the WBC quarterfinals. There's been no imaging yet, or at least we aren't aware of any diagnosis beyond right knee discomfort, but it's a good sign that he was able to walk off under his own power.
It's his fourth pitch, that's how you look at it. You just have to think about him differently. It's hard to think about - 'Oh, you can't have your fastball be your fourth pitch.' But it's just different with him.
