Ryan Howard will sit for awhile due to an infection:

Ryan Howard has indeed suffered a setback in his recovery from Achilles surgery and will be sidelined indefinitely following a procedure to clean an infection from his original wound.

Foot specialist Mark Myerson performed a “small procedure” Monday to remove the stitches from Howard’s wound, Phillies head athletic trainer Scott Sheridan said. Howard is on antibiotics and should return to camp sometime Wednesday. Myerson is the surgeon who originally operated on Howard’s ruptured left Achilles last October.

Sheridan is unaware of when Howard will return to his rehab program. When asked if the delay would be days or weeks, Sheridan said, “I truly don’t know that answer.”

Wound infections can be nasty. Ryan seemed to be making good progress before this.