Casey Janssen strolled into the Washington Nationals clubhouse Wednesday morning for the first time in a long time. “Did we make a trade?” one player joked.
Janssen has yet to appear in a regular-season game for the Nationals after being diagnosed with rotator cuff tendinitis in his right shoulder during spring training. After spending the first month of the season at the team’s complex in Viera, Florida, Janssen is set to begin a minor-league rehabilitation assignment at Single-A Potomac on Thursday. He said the shoulder discomfort from spring is now gone.
“I think it’s gone. I guess you never know,” Janssen said Wednesday.