The Phillies announced Thursday that Chase Utley will need right hip surgery that potentially could keep him out until the first week of June. Phillies' GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said Thursday that the team expects Utley to be "fairly close to ready, if not ready, by Opening Day." But Amaro also conceded the team won't have an accurate feel for Utley's recovery time until after the surgery. Utley consistently downplayed speculation about his bad hip during the second half of the postseason.