ANAHEIM, Calif. – The weekly test on A.J. Pollock’s fractured thumb revealed further healing, manager Torey Lovullo said, but not enough to allow the injured Diamondbacks center fielder to begin swinging a bat.
As such, it continues to look like Pollock will be returning closer to the back end of the four-to-eight week recovery timeline the club estimated shortly after he was injured diving for a ball on May 14.
“We were hopeful at that time that something miraculous could happen and he would heal faster than the normal human being,” Lovullo said. “But that was obviously a stretch.