I thought he might have done a little something more (as in managing in the minors), but maybe he's ready for this.

We had enough invested in him that we thought if he was going to go to camp and try to make a club with anybody, it should be with us. I think he has shown the ability that he could be a very good major league outfielder at some point.

I can say that they thought it was successful surgery, and we expect his rehab should be good. Now, we'll see what it's like in January, but right now everything is pretty optimistic.

There hasn't been that much said about it because Tony, the coaches and the players have made it look so easy.

I don't think it's a coin flip,

That's past history, ... He had the surgery. It's over with. All we can hope for now is a speedy recovery and just go forward.