The Phillies said on Saturday that second baseman Chase Utley is beginning to make small improvements in his rehab from patellar tendinitis, chondromalacia and bone inflammation in his right knee. "These are kind of baby steps," general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. cautioned. "I can't sit here and say this is a giant step forward or he's going to be ready for Opening Day or anything like that. We're comfortable with the path. It may take a while. We'll see if he continues to show progression. Hopefully he will." Amaro said Utley has been able to do more exercises than he had in the recent past. "He has shown some progression in some of the exercises," Amaro said. "I don't think he's taken ground balls quite yet, but some of the work he's doing with [head athletic trainer] Scott Sheridan in his rehab, he's doing some more things. I don't know if that's necessarily a huge progression, but he's kind of taking baby steps forward, we hope. I think he's feeling a little bit better."