Report: Albert Pujols Recovering Quickly

Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols has shown "significant improvement" in recovering from a broken left wrist and will likely return much sooner than expected, after the All-Star break on July 15 if not sooner, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported.
A CT scan taken Friday revealed the fissure on the distal tip of Pujols' left radius to be diminished, the Post-Dispatch report said, citing sources familiar with the situation. Another exam was scheduled for Monday.
The three-time NL MVP, who was put on the 15-day disabled list June 20, was batting .279 -- 50 points lower than his career average -- when he was injured. But he had stepped it up after a slow start and was still among the league leaders in home runs with 17 and had 45 RBIs.
The Cardinals face the Reds at Cincinnati in their first game after the All-Star break.
Pujols, originally expected to be sidelined four to six weeks, was hurt taking an offline throw at first base when the Kansas City Royals' Wilson Betemit collided with him.
Pujols is set to be a free agent at the end of the season. He cut off negotiations on a long-term contract extension with the Cardinals at the start of spring training.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Former player Ron Gant on MLB Network only a few short days ago proclaimed since he had a similar injury during his career, Puhols return should and would be longer than expected. Guess Gant may be proved wrong.

Wrist injuries are the worst for a power hitter. We'll see, I'm not buying that the old AP shows right up