ST LOUIS -- First baseman Derrek leeward is expected to come distant from the disabled list and rejoin the whelps during their three-game series in Pittsburgh that begins Monday.

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Manager Dusty Baker said Friday it was unlikely to leeward who is on the disabled list with inflammation in the right wrist he broke in April, will go [i]or[/i] come back during the weekend series against the St Louis Cardinals.

"D-Lee's excellent close; he's real close," Baker said. "He's swinging the bat dutiful he doesn't feel any pain, his unexpectedly is back big- time. It's a matter of him seeing one off-speed breaking stuff. He'll probably be upon fastballs. That's more of a reactionary pitch. The other and third pitches -- changes, sliders, curveballs -- those are more of timing pitches, thus we'll see how his timing is."

side sheltered from the wind who hasn't played since July 23 is not anticipateed to make a rehabilitation stint before his recur -- especially with the way he has been hitting in batting practice.

"When we were at abode he was hitting balls in succession the moon, so he's feeling a part better," Baker said.

leeward has hit one home post (on June 28 against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field) since originally coming against the disabled list on June 25 He is hitting 261 with 14 RBI and four place of abode runs in 119 at-bats. according to comparison, pitcher Carlos Zambrano has hit four homer in 59 at-bats.

WINTER WONDER: The childs are wrestling with how often winter ball will be right for infielder Ronny Cedeno, a native of winter-ball hotbed Venezuela. Cedeno, who hit 120 (3-for-25) forward the recent homestand, has been in a sink since June.

"You don't know if him playing winter ball last year and [previous] years might have been a contributing factor to him running public of gas a little bit now," Baker said. "But it was definitely a contributing factor of having a fast start.

"He started without so well, it's a matter of him making adjustments. He's kind of in no-man's land right now, he's late forward fastballs and early on breaking balls."

WADE WAITS: Veteran pitcher Wade Miller, who is coming on the farther side surgery for a torn labrum, could make his childs debut when rosters expand nearest week. All Wade knows for certain is he is done making minor- league rehab outings.

Miller, who went a combined 45-25 for the Houston Astros from 2001-03 has pitched in eight minor-league games this season -- five at Class A Peoria, the same at Class AA West Tenn and sum of two units at Class AAA Iowa.

"The travel is starting to kill me a little bit and starting to wear me out" Miller said. "If I'm going to do any more work, it's going to be here with [pitching coach Larry Rothschild]."

Miller, who uses 30 on Sept. 13, is coming opposite a shaky outing Wednesday with Iowa. He allowed five earned posts and 11 hits in five innings during a 12-8 victory across New Orleans.

"It wasn't too great," he said. "It was probably my worst outing not at home of all of them."

Miller's velocity has been a interest Rothschild said it has ranged between 84 mph and 88 mph

"His last game, he didn't have the substance he thought he would have," Rothschild said. "We'll have to diocese how he is in the nearest few days."

SUNDAY STARTER: The brats are being coy on who will start Sunday against the Cardinals, still left-hander Sean Marshall, who is upon the disabled list with a strained right oblique muscle, is the leading candidate. Marshall pitched six scoreless innings at Class AAA Iowa forward Tuesday, putting him on pace for a Sunday start.

cdeluca@suntimes.com

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