DENVER -- When asked for an update on his various injuries, Corey Dickerson didn't hesitate.
"[I] could play today," the Rockies outfielder said.
Dickerson, though, was only half joking. Although he hasn't played since suffering two non-displaced rib fractures on July 30 -- not to mention his nearly season-long battle with plantar fasciitis -- Dickerson was scheduled to take on-field batting practice before Monday's series opener with Arizona.
A pregame thunderstorm, however, washed that away, but Dickerson said he's been hitting in the cage for "four or five days" without any problems.
"I swing as hard as I can, and I don't feel [any rib pain]," Dickerson said.