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07-10-2001, 04:10 PM
BOSTON -- Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette told WBZ-TV in Boston that Pedro Martinez will start the "strengthening phase of his program" Thursday and will need a "couple of weeks before he picks up a ball and starts throwing again."
Martinez was placed on the disabled list June 27 with a sore right shoulder.
"He'll be in New York on Thursday and he'll meet with our doctors there," Duquette said Friday night at Fenway Park during an earlier interview.
"He's in the resting phase of his rehab right now. He'll start the exercise program on Thursday," he said.
Duquette's comments come after conflicting reports on on how long Martinez would be sidelined.
A Dominican Republic columnist told The Boston Globe that his story in a Spanish-language newspaper was misconstrued in an Associated Press report last week and that Martinez did not say he will take July off to rest his ailing right shoulder.
"When Pedro said he would need a full 30 days, he meant to include the time he was already on the disabled list and that he would be back pitching within 30 days," said Enrique Rojas of Ultima Hora, a daily newspaper based Santo Domingo.
On Sunday night, WBZ-TV cited sources inside the Red Sox as saying that Martinez will not return until September and might be out for the season.
Martinez is 7-2 and leads the American League with a 2.26 ERA and 150 strikeouts.
The right-hander said doctors have told him there will be no need for surgery.
Duquette also said he expects Nomar Garciaparra to return to the lineup from wrist surgery in a couple of weeks.
Martinez was placed on the disabled list June 27 with a sore right shoulder.
"He'll be in New York on Thursday and he'll meet with our doctors there," Duquette said Friday night at Fenway Park during an earlier interview.
"He's in the resting phase of his rehab right now. He'll start the exercise program on Thursday," he said.
Duquette's comments come after conflicting reports on on how long Martinez would be sidelined.
A Dominican Republic columnist told The Boston Globe that his story in a Spanish-language newspaper was misconstrued in an Associated Press report last week and that Martinez did not say he will take July off to rest his ailing right shoulder.
"When Pedro said he would need a full 30 days, he meant to include the time he was already on the disabled list and that he would be back pitching within 30 days," said Enrique Rojas of Ultima Hora, a daily newspaper based Santo Domingo.
On Sunday night, WBZ-TV cited sources inside the Red Sox as saying that Martinez will not return until September and might be out for the season.
Martinez is 7-2 and leads the American League with a 2.26 ERA and 150 strikeouts.
The right-hander said doctors have told him there will be no need for surgery.
Duquette also said he expects Nomar Garciaparra to return to the lineup from wrist surgery in a couple of weeks.