Wang to throw fewer pitches, focus on physical therapy - 棒球

New York Yankees' Chien-Ming Wang to throw fewer pitches, focus on physical therapy
by Marc Carig/The Star-Ledger
Sunday May 03, 2009, 7:11 PM

NEW YORK -- The Yankees have scaled back Chien-Ming Wang's throwing program,
general manager Brian Cashman said, so that the injured pitcher can focus on
physical therapy designed to eliminate the weakness in his hips and lower
body that landed him on the 15-day disabled list.

"We're going to try to keep him on a five-man rotation situation," Cashman
said of Wang's appearances in extended spring training games. "But the pitch
counts will be much lower so it's not as physically taxing on him while he's
getting the strength that he needs from the waist down back."

Wang was allowed to throw as many as 65 pitches in an extended spring outing
on Saturday, though he left the game after throwing 52 pitches, a result of
the effort to limit his pitching count. Cashman refused to put a timetable on
Wang's return, who was officially put on the disabled list April 25 with an
adductor muscle weakness, which affected his velocity.

The weakness, Cashman said, stemmed from the Lisfranc fracture Wang suffered
on his right foot last season. In addition to pool work, Wang is undergoing
physical manipulation massages on his hips and the arch of his foot.

"Mentally, I know he's feeling good," Cashman said. "He feels real
good (that) a problem's been determined, there's a course of action
to get it fixed."

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