All restrictions placed on the knee of Manny Machado have been lifted by Dr. Neal ElAttrache.

Machado visited the doctor, who performed the surgery to reconstruct Machado's torn medial patellofemoral ligament in his left knee in October, on Thursday.

"He looks better every time I see him," ElAttrache said. "His kneecap is tracking normally, his muscle girth is almost the same as his opposite leg and his level of function exceeds where we thought he'd be at this point."