Francisco Rodriguez may be unable to make his scheduled spring debut on Thursday after he stepped on a cactus.

The incident occurred Monday night or at some point during Tuesday's off-day.

As Ron Roenicke said Wednesday, Rodriguez was in the trainer's room having spines pulled from his foot.

"He took a lot out, but there's some more in there," Roenicke said. "I don't think it's that big of a setback, but I imagine he's pretty sore today. I don't know if you guys have stepped on one, but you know how little some of the [spines] are? And they're in there for a while."