Jimenez: "Hopefully, I'll pitch in five or six days"

WASHINGTON - Pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez completed his brief injury rehab assignment last night and is in the visiting clubhouse today at Nationals Park. Jimenez will board the charter for Toronto following tonight's game and wait for his next start with the Orioles. Jimenez, who's 3-8 with a 4.52 ERA in 18 starts for the Orioles, has been on the disabled list with an ankle injury. He allowed one run in six innings last night at Triple-A Norfolk. "I threw six innings and everything felt fine," he said. "I didn't have any concerns about my ankle. I was able to throw 90-something pitches, throw all my pitches - breaking ball, fastball - and everything was working good. "I felt good. My arm felt good." Jimenez hasn't been told when he's going to come off the disabled list. "I have to wait and see Buck (Showalter)," he said. "Hopefully, I'll pitch in five or six days. That's something that, as a pitcher you want to be there. It's been a while since I've been in a game over here, so I'm very excited about it. I'm looking forward to it." Showalter indicated that Jimenez will return to the rotation. Apparently, there's been no talk of making him a reliever. "Bullpen? They haven't told me anything," Jimenez said, recoiling as though he'd seen a snake. "I've never thrown out of the bullpen." Jimenez said it's been "pretty tough" to watch his club fight to stay in first place in the American League East while he stayed on the disabled list. "You know the team's playing really good, so you want to be a part of that," he said. The Orioles made their annual visit this morning to the Walter Reed Medical Center in D.C. The group included Showalter and his wife Angela, along with players Darren O'Day, Miguel Gonzalez, T.J. McFarland, Brad Brach, Andrew Miller, Matt Wieters, Zach Britton, Nick Hundley and Ryan Flaherty. They later boarded a bus for the USO Warrior and Family Center in Bethesda. Britton talks about the visit on "O's Xtra" that airs at 6:30 p.m. on MASN2.