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His Facebook status the other day was "needs a new rib", so I guess that's what's bothering him.

His rehab in Wisconsin is done. If all goes well, he could potentially see time in Milwaukee late next year.

Taylor Green, who had been recovering from wrist surgery, joins the Rattlers today, presumably for a brief rehab stint before moving up. Cutter Dykstra, meanwhile, has been sent down from Wisconsin to Helena. He'll presumably hang out in Arizona for extended spring training for the month or so until Helena's season starts. Rigoberto Almonte, who had been pitching for Brevard County, was also sent down to Wisconsin, and Michael Bowman was called up from Helena to join the Rattlers. Pitchers Kris Dabrowiecki and Garrett Sherrill were both sent down from Wisconsin to Helena.

"Taylor Green is 'taking longer than we thought' to return from offseason wrist surgery, Melvin said. The Brewers don't expect him back until June, and Green may be asked to return to the Arizona Fall League at the end of the season." "[Seidel] slipped on some ice during the winter and "tore up" his knee, Melvin said, and underwent surgery." Also says that Alex Periard and Zach Braddock "should be able to pitch in 2009." Great!

Apparently he injured it getting hit by a pitch at Brevard County, attempted to play through it, but still had some pain at the Winter Warm-Up last weekend, so team doctors took a look and performed surgery.

Hopefully he updates his condition soon. Wish a few others did a quick blog like this. It's always fun to hear from prospects on their road to the majors.

"If the Brewers make the playoffs, the Indians get to choose the 'player to be named' to complete the Sabathia deal. If the Brewers don't make the postseason, they get to choose the player they'll send the Indians."

Hit on the wrist by a pitch. I'll try to get an update ASAP if I can get ahold of Green.

15. Mat Gamel "Gamel has the stick of a top-10 prospect, but with anything more than batting gloves on his hands, he scarcely resembles a major leaguer. Especially now that LaPorta is gone, the Brewers have good reason to try him in the outfield. While he's a fair enough athlete, there's simply no way he's making it at third base. Gamel's bat should be ready during the first half of next year, assuming that it isn't already. The left-handed hitter makes an awful lot of hard contact and could settle in as a 25-homer guy. He's hit .398 against lefties this year, so it doesn't appear that he'll need to be platooned. The Brewers probably won't be willing to move Corey Hart to center field to make room for him, but he could be the first player called on in the event of an injury next year." 26. Alcides Escobar 80. Angel Salome 102. Jeremy Jeffress 131. Taylor Green Jonathan Lucroy wouldn't have been out of place late on the list. Matt LaPorta was #5, Jake Arrieta #69, and Will Inman #70. UW-Stevens Point alumnus Jordan Zimmerman (Nats) was #64.

"All four players are position players. Class AA outfielder Michael Brantley and Class A third baseman Taylor Green are two of the players. The identities of the other two are not known. General Manager Mark Shapiro, who is on this trip, said the Indians would probably wait until the end of the minor-league season in August to make their choice. 'There are some scenarios where we may not wait the entire time,' said Shapiro."