TAMPA — Dave Robertson was long gone by the time that the Yankees received its official diagnosis Friday afternoon, but the relief should be back on the mound earlier than expected.
After the relief was initially diagnosed with a sprained foot, additional tests revealed a little more than a bone bruise on top of the right foot of Robertson, Joe Girardi news referred to as optimistic scenario.
"Is a huge relief," said Girardi. "I was worried when they said that there was a cause for concern, but obviously this is good news.
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"When you say there is a cause for concern that you're thinking that there might be something broken or who knows what might have been. I saw him get out yesterday; I was not real encouraged when I saw him walk. This is as good as it gets for us. "
Robertson did not return a phone call Friday night, but it seemed cautiously optimistic the pitcher earlier in the day, as he awaited word from doctors.
"After hearing that they did not see anything in the first round (of tests), I feel better now," Robertson said in the morning. "I hope it's something that is just going to go in a week or so and I'll be right back out there."
That period could be on the optimistic side, but the Yankees are confident that Robertson can be back on the mound within two weeks. The Setup man for all-star that would give two weeks to get ready for the April 6 opener against the rays.
"Hopefully, it will be walking around here quite well by sometime next week and we'll be able to get him back to playing catch and doing all that stuff," said Girardi. "We probably have it play fetch from a Chair for a while."
Robertson will start walking through the weekend, at which point the Yankees will reevaluate its status. Girardi said Robertson rehabilitation program "Andrei as he can tolerate," but the manager has stressed that they put him on a mound until he is pain free.
"She doesn't want him and encouraging to everyone," said Girardi. "If it's still sore, we're not going to put him out of a molehill."
Robertson suffered the injury when he landed awkwardly on Wednesday a step in her home.
Robertson was still embarrassed, even though he joked that it was not as bad as the neck injury that Tampa Bay's David Price immediately while the sponge head.
"Is awkward; I don't even want to talk to you guys, "Robertson said with a smile. "I'd be like," stumbled upon a Chair in the clubhouse "or something to tell you fell down the stairs in my house. Not as a full flight of stairs; It was just a stair. "
Initial tests of Robertson on Thursday caused some concern, pushing the Yankees to send him for a second round of tests. Team medical specialist Dr. Chris Ahmad and Dr. Justin Greisberg examined the results and diagnosed with the bone bruise.
The initial diagnosis of a sprained foot brought back memories of Chien Ming Wang, who initially was diagnosed with the same injury in 2008 before it was discovered that he had a more serious — and the end of the season — Lisfranc foot injury.
Robertson has not been alerted by the request of doctors for a second round of tests, noting that they did the same to his elbow in September 2009. The arm has proven to be sound, and has played an important role in the world series of bombers run a month later.
"They just wanted to take a look," Robertson said. "Whenever there is something with your foot, you're putting all your weight on it so you don't know how bad it is. If it's just a little sore, could have broken something or might not be. "
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