Injury updates (quotes)

Just a handful of injury updates to start the Easter Monday with. I sincerely hope that we will not have to add Jeff Kent to this list. Kent was hit on his helmet yesterday by Giants starter Hannessey, but managed to walk off the field under his own power.

All quotes are taken from here:

Cesar Izturis said the stiffness he experienced last weekend in his
surgically repaired elbow will push back the start of a Minor League
rehabilitation assignment that originally was to begin in a week.
Izturis said the elbow has responded well since last weekend and
he is throwing without stiffness, but he will need to continue that
for 10 consecutive days before receiving clearance for game action.
That will probably push back his return to the Dodgers until June.

Come-back forecast: on pace (optimistic), up to a week behind schedule (pessimistic).

Rafael Furcal, who has played with a jammed middle finger
on his left hand suffered while stealing a base Opening Day, said
he grips a bat at 50 percent strength with that hand and it bothers
him mostly batting left-handed. Furcal said the middle knuckle is
still painful, but he has not had an X-ray taken.

Full recovery forecast: at some point they the team needs to take precautionary measures, as the jammed finger contusion has a lot do do with Raffy's poor start.

Reliever Yhency Brazoban will undergo Tommy John
elbow reconstruction Tuesday.

Come-backforecast: out for season, on pace for spring training next year.

First baseman Nomar Garciaparra will not be ready to return
from the disabled list when he's eligible Tuesday, but that it
would not be long after. Garciaparra, recovering from a
rib-cage strain, took 70 more swings in batting practice Sunday.
Little said a Minor League rehabilitation assignment is
a possibility.

Come-back forecast: next weekend?, a few days behind schedule.

Jayson Werth will be examined Monday by Dr. Noman Zemel,
who will attempt to determine why Werth still has extreme pain
in the wrist that Zemel surgically repaired in November. One theory
to be explored is that scar tissue might have grown into the joint.
Werth said swinging a bat is just as painful five months after
the surgery as it was before.

Come-back forecast: belated against the 60-day DL. More news to come.