Jered Weaver said that his lower back strain is "getting better every day" and that he hopes to resume throwing Saturday. "You don't want to push it too hard, even though the competitor in you wants to," he said. "You have to take it slow, take each bullpen session slow, and just try to work back into it until you get that trust back and go from there." Weaver is hoping to miss ''no more than two or three starts.'' The Angels don't think his absence will extend past one month.