Andrew Luck is throwing footballs again.Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich said Tuesday that Luck has begun to throw as part of the rehab for his surgically repaired shoulder. Luck missed the
entire 2017 season because of the injury.
Reich said he hasn't seen Luck in action yet
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gurus Tom House and Adam Dedeaux.
Luck led the Colts to 11 wins in each of his first three seasons and went to the Pro Bowl three times. He has missed 26 games in the past three seasons and
Indianapolis hasn't reached the playoffs since losing the AFC championship
"Deflategate" game to New England in January 2015.
Luck is expected to participate when the Colts begin their workout program April 9.
Reich was the offensive coordinator for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles last season and helped Carson Wentz develop into an MVP candidate before
he went down with a torn ACL. Backup Nick Foles stepped in and was sensational
in the playoffs, earning Super Bowl MVP honors.
Reich, who got the Colts job when Josh McDaniels backed out to return to New England as offensive coordinator, is excited to work with Luck, one of the NFL's
elite QBs when healthy. Reich spoke at his first league meetings as a head coach
since replacing Chuck Pagano.
The Colts were 4-12 last season but Reich saw the Eagles go from last place in 2016 to Super Bowl champs.
"No one is playing for second place," Reich said. "We're not playing to just improve. We're playing for championships. I'm not being paid (for rebuilding).
There's not one ounce of me that's being patient. There's not one ounce of me
that thinks we're in a rebuilding project. Every ounce of me feels like we're
winning this year. We were 4-12 last year. That can turn around with a few
breaks, staying healthy
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The Colts will need Luck healthy to compete in the AFC South.
Indianapolis made a big trade with the New York Jets to potentially add talented players who can contribute right away. The Colts moved down just three
spots, from No. 3 to No. 6 overall in the draft, and acquired two second-round
picks this year and one in 2019.
Don't expect them to draft one of the top quarterbacks in the draft class: Sam Darnold, Josh Allen, Josh Rosen and Baker Mayfield.
"I think it's the best class I've ever seen," Reich joked. "They should go 1-2-3-4."
The Milwaukee Brewers desperately needed a strong outing from starter Jhoulys Chacin on Monday night as they looked to get back on the winning
track. The team’s most reliable starter this season delivered again.
Chacin (9-3) limited the Washington Nationals to one run and two hits in 5 2/3 innings to help lead the Brewers to a 6-1 win. Milwaukee has won just twice
in 10 games.
Chacin’s impressive start came a day after the Brewers used backup catcher Erik Kratz and utility player Hernan Perez in mop-up roles on the mound in an
11-2 drubbing by the Dodgers. Chacin struck out a season-high nine batters and
didn’t issue a walk for the second consecutive game.
”He’s done a heck of a job for us this year,” Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. ”Coming off back-to-back games with three and four innings from
our starters
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Chacin had command of his slider and fastball throughout the game.
”Every time I throw strikes and keep the ball down, I feel I have a good game,” Chacin said. ”I feel like my slider was really good. I was able to
control it and change the speed, too. And I was throwing it for strikes.”
Christian Yelich had a base-loaded triple and eighth batter Erik Kratz drove in a pair of runs for the Brewers, who pulled within 2 1/2 games of NL Central
leading Chicago, which lost to Arizona 7-1.
”It’s not the top of the order that’s going to do it every night. We can’t always lean on those guys,” Kratz said.
The Brewers also learned on Monday that starting pitcher Brent Suter would be lost for the season with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow.
Suter left Sunday’s game after three innings when he felt pain. He will have
Tommy John surgery.
The Nationals scored first when Daniel Murphy lined a home run to right field leading off the second against Chacin.
The Brewers even the score in the second on Kratz’s sacrifice fly off Washington starter Gio Gonzalez (6-7).
Kratz drove in another run in the fourth with a bases-loaded groundout. Chacin followed with a single to left to drive in his first run of the
season.
Hot-hitting Yelich lined a triple off Gonzalez into the right-field corner with the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth to extend the lead to 6-1.
”He’s such a pure hitter. I think the (All-Star) break did him good
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Two Brewers batters drew bases on balls in the inning before Yelich’s hit. ”I just can’t walk people. I’ve got to go out there and be more aggressive,”
Gonzalez said.
QUICK EXIT
Nationals hitting coach Kevin Long was ejected in the second inning after shouting from the dugout at plate umpire Nic Lentz, who had just called out Trea
Turner on strikes.
MARTINEZ IRKED
In the fourth, Turner failed to run out of the batter’s box after a pitch from Chacin hit his bat and landed in fair territory. That didn’t sit well with
manager Dave Martinez. ”I actually thought the ball hit him in the hand. (The
umpire) said he bunted the ball. I was like, well why would he walk off the
field? In that moment, we are trying to win a ball game. There’s a good chance
he won’t play tomorrow.” Turner said he put the bat up in ”self-defense” because
he thought he was going to get hit by the pitch. ”I then ended up bunting it
fair somehow. By the time I got my feet underneath me, the pitcher was already
standing right there. I probably should have ran to first.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Nationals: 1B Ryan Zimmerman (right oblique strain) got his first start since being activated from the disabled list on Friday. Zimmerman got hit in the lower
back with a pitch from Chacin in the sixth but remained in the game.
Brewers: Recalled RHP Jorge Lopez from Triple-A Colorado Springs to replace Suter. … All-Star 1B Jesus Aguilar didn’t start for the second consecutive game
due to hamstring soreness. ”There’s enough soreness that we’re going to be
cautious and hold him out today
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(right shoulder tightness) threw live batting practice on Monday and is expected
to make a rehab start with Class A Wisconsin on Thursday.
UP NEXT
Nationals: Jeremy Hellickson (4-1, 3.29 ERA) has allowed one earned run spanning 11 innings over his last two starts. Opponents are hitting .111
(4-for-36) during that stretch.
Brewers: Junior Guerra (6-6, 3.23), who has been on the disabled list since July 14 with right forearm tightness, will be activated and get the start.
Guerra is 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA in two career games (one start) against the
Nationals.
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