Ryan Braun says his right thumb is 100 percent for the first time in two years.

"Right now, I don't feel any [discomfort], and I haven't been able to say that for two years," Braun said. "I think I've told you guys, it [bothered me] shaking hands, writing -- you know, just everyday activities. Now I don't feel it at all, so I'm excited."

Braun said he's been cleared for offseason activities, and even swung a bat 10 days after the surgery.

"I'm encouraged by how it feels, but at the same time, I think I have to be cautiously optimistic [until] I get into spring training and see how it responds," Braun said. "But it hasn't felt this good in a really long time."

According to Sandy Alderson, Matt Harvey's in-season innings will be managed in order to keep him available to pitch deep into October without reaching an innings cap.

Harvey had Tommy John surgery on Oct. 22, 2013.

The New York Mets have formulated the plan with an eye on how the Washington Nationals handled Stephen Strasburg in 2012. Washington shut the right-hander down in early September as the playoffs approached.

Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right small toe when he was hit in the foot with a pitch during baseball's Japan All-Star Series, the Mariners announced Saturday.

The injury will not require a cast or treatment, but Cano will have to refrain from baseball activities for 3-4 weeks while the fracture heals, Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik said in a statement.

Former major league player Jose Canseco claims that his surgically re-attached finger fell off during a recent poker game, according to an ESPN.com report.

Canseco, who underwent the surgery last month after shooting himself in the hand, revealed that his finger fell off in a series of tweets Friday.

Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner had surgery to repair a core muscle near his ribs, the team announced Wednesday. 

The procedure on his right rectus abdominis muscle took place on October 16 and has a recovery period of four weeks, meaning Gardner should be fine for his offseason program by next week.