#return-to-play

#return-to-play

"I'm not scared because my event happened at a perfect age. I wasn't too young to not understand the kind of problem and I wasn't too old to have fear of something. "I'm a very rational person. I heard a lot of different doctors and we arrived at the conclusion that I am in good condition and can play without problems."

"I feel very confident about it," Harbaugh said.

Tigers right-hander won't pitch competitively this year, manager A.J. Hinch told reporters (including Evan Woodbery of MLive) yesterday. While the Tigers have announced that Madden is working on a return-to-play throwing progression, Hinch revealed that the goal of that program is to set him up for a "productive offseason" rather than to try and get him back on the mound for game action before the year ends.