For those of you who are still trying to recover from George Sherrill's horrendous outing on Monday, there appears to be some good news on the horizon. Ronald Belisario is progressing enough that he may only be two weeks away from a return.
Currently, Belisario is in Camelback Ranch to throw live batting practice. He's already put in a week of bullpen sessions, and pitching coach Rick Honeycutt gave a good progress report. The next step is getting into live game action, then going on back-to-back days.
It's a good approach to take it slow after the Will Ohman debacle of last season. For those of you that have forgotten, Ohman was signed just as spring training was coming to a close to be the main man against lefties. Instead, he lasted only 21 games, had a 5.84 ERA, and was shut down for the year for shoulder surgery.
Belisario had a great '09, coming out of nowhere to post a 2.04 ERA in 69 games, striking out 64. Whether Sherrill figures things out or not, you've got to figure that Belisario will still play a key role late in games regardless.
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