Back to the Detroit Tigers Newsfeed

Ausmus: No timetable for J.D.'s return

"There's no timetable," manager Brad Ausmus said Saturday morning. "It's kind of as tolerated. We'll see how he progresses."

The original timetable was a general one, three to four weeks for him to resume baseball activities. That was announced on March 24. If Martinez stays relatively close to that timetable, he could be back in late April.

"If two days from now he feels great, he can start [baseball activity] then," Ausmus said. "But there's no timetable."

The Lisfranc ligament is a tricky injury, according to doctors, because of its location in the middle of the foot, its connection to the metatarsal bones that extend to the toes, and its role in so many activities.