Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, who spent for the first three months last season recovering from a ruptured Achilles, has been working to get back to full strength this offseason. He hit .219 with 14 homers and a .718 OPS in 260 at-bats after returning last year. "He was never really at 100 percent [last season]. I don’t know how close he’ll be when spring starts," general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said. "But typically it takes a full year to gain your full strength capacity with an injury like that, and I think he’s getting closer to that."
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