“He’s had a major procedure and a major life event, and the recovery is a long one and a serious one but his health status, personally, the way that the operation went, and the kind-of demographics age-wise and health-wise that he resides in going into this puts him in a really good spot to make a 100% recovery both from a general health standpoint, but also a baseball sense,” Elias said on a video conference call with local reporters Monday. "But, it is going to take some time. He’s going to be out for months rather than weeks. ...