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Z was on KIRO today. He described the doctors' reaction to Bedard's comeback as very surprised, and 'way ahead of schedule'.
Shannon asked him , what doesn that mean, if he's not throwing? How do they know?
And Z said, well he's down in Arizona and he is in fact throwing off level ground. (Rob Johnson confirmed this in a later interview). The doctors evaluate strength, flexibility, range of motion, those sorts of factors, and based on that he is significantly ahead of where they would expect on the 10-12 month typical recovery time for this surgery.
He also said that he expects Bedard to be back 'way before' the trading deadline.