Leyland called reporters into his office following batting practice and cleared up his remarks from WXYT this afternoon. There’s no change in the timetable for Joel Zumaya, who’s still on track to return in August. What Leyland meant to say was that he has to take the outlook that Zumaya could be out for the year and that a return in August would be good. In other words, Leyland plans for the worst and hopes for the best, but that’s not from a medical standpoint.

"I’m not a doctor," Leyland said. "I want to emphasize that. I’m not stepping on any trainer’s toes. I’m not trying to get into any confrontation with medical people, because I don’t know about it. But I do know over my career that when guys have had surgeries, everybody wants to be optimistic, and I understand that. And I’m not being pessimistic. I’m just being, in my opinion, realistic. I think there’s a chance that he might not pitch this season. Now, if we get him back, what a bonus that would be, but I’m managing figuring on not having Joel Zumaya. Now, there might be a lot of people who disagree with that, but that’s what I’m looking at from a manager’s standpoint."

The Tigers might still have a healthy Zumaya sooner than that. They drafted Joel’s younger brother, Richard, in the 43rd round of the draft today.

Vance Wilson is back to square one in his rehab, he said, after feeling a setback in his throwing arm Thursday in Toledo. He’s expected to have more tests done, but he thinks surgery is a strong possibility after this current track didn’t work out. He’s not optimistic about a return this season.

But not activated, a sign of a possible setback. He left in the sixth inning Thursday at Triple-A Toledo following three at-bats as the DH, but he also left in the seventh inning Wednesday following his fourth at-bat. He was scheduled to catch for five innings there Friday, but obviously that’s out.