Shildt said this was a good time to do it since Gyorko was already going to miss time with his injury. He said Gyorko's return to baseball activities would be 3-ish weeks. Gyorko had a setback earlier this week on his recovery from the back injury that put him on the IL when he hurt his left calf. When he would be back from that was uncertain, though it wasn't thought to be imminent.
"No structural damage, nothing compromised," Shildt said. "It's something to deal with. He's been getting shots for 2 1/2 or so years. ... The calf was going to be somewhat parallel with that time.