http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/25/ryan-howard-set-for-check-up-wtih-surgeon-early-next-week/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/25/ryan-howard-set-for-check-up-wtih-surgeon-early-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-264936 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:26:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=116991#comment-264936 I think he’ll be playing EST ball within a week of the regular season starting and is back in the bigs by May 1. No reason to rush him, but no reason to force him to rehab something that isn’t gonna get any better. Hopefully the weight he put on will result in an increase in power again. No reason to keep the weight off if you can’t run anyways, and his power dropped a bit when he lost the weight.

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