Ah, the irony...Brandon McCarthy made his first minor league rehab start today, in the Arizona Rookie League, on the day the guy he was traded for starts against the Rangers...
The box score is here...
Rehab assignments can go for up to 30 days for pitchers, so this would put him on track to return in early- to mid-August, barring any setbacks.
Please confine bitching-about-the-trade discussions to the bitching-about-the-trade FanPost LSJ has up...
UPDATE -- Richard Durrett has some updates on some injured guys, including McCarthy, who threw from 86-90 (according to Mark Connor) and will go 3 innings in his next outing.