Ryan Howard posted a new podcast to his RyanHoward6.com website this afternoon and offered a glimpse into how his rehab is going. He's hitting in simulated games and has been doing some running, but not sprinting just yet.
"Rehab is going very well," Howard said. "I've been hitting in simulated games, still doing all my baseball stuff. The leg is getting a lot stronger and it's coming along. I've been doing a little bit of running, some light jogging, trying to get back into that. I think the last thing to kind of come will be the running and be able to step it up and turn it into sprints. Things are looking on the up and up. I'm happy with where things are right now."
On the Phils Coming Back From Injuries
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"The light at the end of the tunnel is that we hope that all of us: myself, Chase, Doc, Laynce Nix, everybody who is wounded, can come back healthy and have a try to great second half and try to jump us back up to the top of the division."
He talks more about the tight NL East -- Howard thinks it's the best division in baseball -- and shares some of his thoughts on the Phils still being able to win the division.
As Ruben Amaro Jr. mentioned the other day, the All-Star Break seems like a realistic date to expect the Big Piece back at Citizens Bank Park.
>>Listen to the 6 Minutes with Ryan Howard podcast here [RyanHoward6.com]