INDIANAPOLIS - Justin Masterson knows what his immediate future holds: he’ll be a reliever in Triple-A with Indianapolis.
His long-term future depends on how his arm recovers from shoulder surgery. How quickly his arm reaches its new optimal performing level isn’t certain.
“I don’t know,” Masterson said. “I think the way things are going -- I don’t know when that deadline would be when it would take place. … A lot of guys that have shoulder surgery it’s a year later and a year-and-a-half when they’re full strength. They’re competing well before that, but when the full power comes back it’s kind of then.