Anyone who has ever accidently kicked a coffee table leg or a bed frame with their little toe knows exactly how excruciating something so ridiculously simple can be. That’s why when Dodgers second baseman Logan Forsythe fractured his right big toe when hit by a pitch on April 18, the rest of us could only imagine his sheer agony. Add to this the fact that a broken toe cannot me placed in a cast and can only be immobilized via a splint or – as us old-timers used to do – by taping the injured toe to the one next to it to at least give some relief.

As such, when the extremely polite and soft-spoken 30-year-old Memphis, Tennessee native said that he was pain-free after an extensive workout on the Dodger Stadium infield this past Saturday – which he appeared to do so with complete ease – it was quite a surprise, especially when you consider that his injury occurred not even two weeks ago.

“I’m surprised at how quickly it’s healing,” Forsythe said after the workout. “We’ll have to see how it feels in the morning and re-evaluate where we go from there, but I should be ready for San Diego.”

Watching Logan Forsythe workout at second base on Saturday afternoon, you would have no idea that he had broken his right toe only 11 days earlier. (Photo credit – Ron Cervenka)

The seven-year MLB veteran is, of course, referring to the upcoming three-game weekend series at Petco Park against the division rival Padres on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 5-7. Asked if he is experiencing any lingering pain, Forsythe’s answer was even more surprising.

“None whatsoever. I mean, it’s still a little tender at the exact location of the chip, but it doesn’t hurt at all when I move laterally,” Forsythe said. “I’m going to do some running on it tomorrow and that will be the final test to determine if I’m ready to come back or not, but I’m confident I’ll be fine.”

Ironically, when I mentioned to Forsythe that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had informed the media just prior to Saturday night’s historic back-to-back-to-back home run game against the Philadelphia Phillies that he would be going out on a rehab assignment with the Dodgers Advanced Single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes [along with Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson and left-hander Rich Hill], he was even more surprised.

“I haven’t had a chance to speak with Doc yet, I hadn’t heard that,” Forsythe said. “I’ll talk with him in the morning to see what the plan is going forward.”

Although it is a bit unusual (and uncomfortable) for members of the media to spring news such as this on a player, it did do something; it left Forsythe and your’s truly even more surprised.

…but in a very good way.