Found November 13, 2009 on ESPN:
PLAYERS: Ben Sheets
TEAMS: Milwaukee Brewers

Agent Casey Close said that pitcher Ben Sheets is doing "very well" in his rehab from flexor tendon surgery and plans to be 100 percent by the start of spring training.
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