Angels Notes: Tyler Skaggs optimistic he will return ahead of schedule

ANAHEIM — If you’re looking for good news on an Angels’ pitching injury, Tyler Skaggs has it.
A day after he was cleared to run, Skaggs said he’s optimistic that he will beat the projected timetable that would have had him back from a strained oblique sometime in July.
“I’m in very happy spirits at the moment,” Skaggs said Wednesday.
He said he is expecting to be evaluated again in the next few days, at which point he is hoping to be cleared to throw.
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