Question for Tony regarding Knapp

[ironmike]

Tony, what are the challenges Knapp is facing at the moment?

Do the Indians have a timeline for him to be completely healthy?

What are they expecting from him in the 2012?

[TonyIBI]

I'll know more when get out there this week, but as of right now what I know is the expectations are that he will be on a very restricted inning count this year. He should be back on a mound this spring, but he will likely open the season in extended spring training so as to continue the rehab progress and monitor his workload since he has barely thrown the last two years and can only throw maybe 80-100 innings this year.