11.   He might play in a simulated game soon, then go to the minors for rehab starts with a possible return to the majors after the All-Star Game.

12.   He said he may be ready to begin rehab starts in six weeks and be ready to return to the majors in eight.

13.   He then will return to Los Angeles, where doctors will decide whether he needs another rehab start.

14.   In two rehab starts, Perez has allowed nine earned runs in nine innings.

15.   It was his longest performance in four rehab starts.

16.   John Smoltz awoke and felt nothing in his right elbow, a day after a rehab start in Greenville.

17.   Jones had command of all four of his pitches, including the slider he worked on in two rehab starts for Triple-A Norfolk.

18.   Left-hander Brian Anderson pitched a two-inning simulated game Tuesday and pronounced himself ready for a rehab start Sunday at Lake Elsinore.

19.   Left-hander Carlos Perez was scheduled to make his fourth rehab start with Triple-A Las Vegas.

20.   Rosselli, out nearly seven weeks with inflammation of the left shoulder, pitched well Wednesday in his second rehab start.