Yeah, the article only stated that he plans on pitching in 2013. When he was first injured, I thought I remember him saying that he was going to try to be ready for the start of the season. I heard no such claim in this story so I'm taking it as, he won't be ready for the beginning of the 2013 season.

Such a shame for this guy. I REALLY hope this doesn't ruin his career the way the base running incident in Houston sidetracked Chien Mieng-Wang's career. He was never the same pitcher.