Baseball: Ohtani making rapid progress in ankle, elbow rehab

Slugging ace pitcher Shohei Ohtani said Monday that he is making good progress toward next season after suffering through ankle and elbow issues this year.Ohtani, who recently chose to take his batting and pitching act to the Los Angeles Angels, had a platelet rich plasma injection in his right elbow in October to help heal damage to his medial collateral ligament."My condition is good. I'm playing catch a fair amount," said Ohtani, who on Oct. 12 had surgery to remove a bone spur in his right ankle."It was said I was progressing too fast -- that it's OK to take it a little more slowly. I w…READ FULL ARTICLE