David Ortiz said he no longer feels pain in his right Achilles. "I feel better today than days before," Ortiz said Wednesday. "Hopefully, I will continue feeling better every day. We'll see if I can go back into the fire." It's an encouraging development, but Big Papi has yet to test out his Achilles on the basepaths, which will be the biggest test. "I haven't done anything outside yet. I'll do things outside probably in the next two or three days," he said. "The doctor checked me out every day, and he found less tendinitis on my Achilles [today], so that's good." There's no timetable for Ortiz's return, but he's headed in the right direction.