JOSH JOHNSON RUMORS & GOSSIP

The Miami Marlins received encouraging news on staff ace Josh Johnson Friday. Johnson threw his first bullpen session Friday and felt no discomfort in his shoulder that kept him out most of the 2011 season. Johnson is expected to be ready for workouts February 22 and could be at full health by the start of the 2012 season. The Marlins and Josh Johnson are hoping that he can be a...

We’re happy to welcome Albert Lyu back to the FanGraphs team. His work will again appear regularly here on the site. Before Josh Johnson was lost for the season with shoulder injuries in May, he was ready to dominate the National League yet again as an early 2011 Cy Young Award candidate. He flashed a 1.64 ERA and a 2.64 FIP — and he was whiffing 8.35 batters per nine innings...

He’s baa-aack! From the beginning of 2010 until he got hurt in 2011, it could be argued Josh Johnson was the NL’s best pitcher. Johnson will be fully recovered from a season-ending shoulder injury by the start of the season, and he should continue to put up ratios (ERA/WHIP) that make non-Johnson owners jealous, but how much will the new-look Marlins improve? Will it...

Miami Marlins righthander Josh Johnson is expected to start throwing in about two weeks. According to the Palm Beach Post, Johnson is expected to be ready for spring training after having much of his 2011 season wiped out by shoulder woes. Johnson, who will turn 28 at the end of the month, was off to a sensational start last season, going 3-1 with a 1.64 ERA in nine starts before...

MIAMI GARDENS Marlins ace Josh Johnson is finally ready to face hitters again. With just over a week remaining, it won’t happen in a game this season. Johnson said after Monday’s bullpen session that he will throw to hitters in simulated game conditions Thursday and next Tuesday in Jupiter, then begin working toward starting on Opening Day on April 4 in the new ballpark. “It...

The Marlins ace says that being a tall man is at least partly to blame when it comes to the injury issues that have kept him out most of the year. 

Jon Heyman of SI.com tweeted this evening that the Marlins ace pitcher Josh Johnson will not be returning to the mound in the 2011 season after experiencing a setback in late June. Johnson is not expected to undergo and surgical process for his shoulder. He will just rehab for the rest of the year to get back to 100 percent. Johnson ends his year with a 3-1 record, 1.64 ERA and 56 strikeouts.

Bad news coming from the Marlins Saturday afternoon as ace pitcher Josh Johnson was placed on the 15-day disabled list after Johnson confessed that his shoulder did hurt. Johnson went to the DL with inflammation in his throwing shoulder. Johnson’s shoulder has been hurting him all season even though he leads the majors with a 1.64 ERA. The good news is that Johnson may only miss...

An MRI on Josh Johnson’s right forearm comes back negative Tuesday. The Marlins can finally breathe a little sigh of relief after a Carlos Beltran comebacker hit Johnson in that forearm. Johnson made an early exit and was credited with a no-decision. He is on track to make his scheduled start Saturday. He has posted a 1.64 ERA this season and a record of 3-1 with 56 strikeouts.

Josh Johnson was thrown-in against a hot St. Louis Cardinals team Thursday afternoon on Cinco de Mayo and did not fair well losing 6-3. A Lance Berkman lifted the Cardinals with an eighth inning three-run home run totaling to Berkman’s four RBIs on the series. The blast came off of Mike Dunn which gave Josh Johnson his first loss of the season to move him to 3-1 on the season...