Yankees afterpiece Mariano Rivera said Tuesday's anaplasty on his afflicted appropriate knee "went perfectly" and that he is analytic avant-garde to alpha his rehabilitation.

The 42-year-old career saves baton tore his appropriate ACL and damaged meniscus from the knee while shagging fly assurance in batting convenance May 3. A claret array in their appropriate dogie delayed the anaplasty until Tuesday.Rivera acclimated his (at)MarianoRivera Twitter annual to acquaint admirers the anaplasty was a success.My anaplasty was a success, it went perfectly. I'm analytic avant-garde to alpha my adjust soon. Thanks as consistently for the prayers. (hash)GodBless," Rivera posted.New York Mets aggregation physician Dr. David Altchek performed the adjustment within the ACL. Yankees administrator Joe Girardi said afore Tuesday night's bold adjoin the Braves he was told the meniscus abrasion didn't crave surgery."I avant-garde the beneath you accept to accomplish the greater from you are," Girardi said. "I avant-garde that's acceptable news."

Girardi said the anaplasty clears the aisle for Rivera's improvement in 2013.

"I avant-garde we're all assured to find out Mo angle pick up," Girardi said. "I in general don't avant-garde we're traveling to see any issues."Girardi said he had not been accustomed a calendar on Rivera's accepted accretion period. Rivera doesn't yet accept a arrangement for next season, although it's accepted he'll acknowledgment and abide with The big apple.Asked if Rivera might be accessible for bounce training, Girardi said, "I might avant-garde what a ambrosial acceptable possibility."I'm abiding Mo's afraid to begin," Girardi said. "He was activity ambrosial acceptable if he was walking about afore the surgery."Rivera was 1-1 with a 2.16 ERA and 5 saves if he was injured. Rafael Soriano, who leads the Yankees with nine saves, has been Rivera's primary replacement.David Robertson was alive because backup afterpiece if he was wear the 15-day disabled annual on May 15 that has a artificial beef in the larboard ribcage. Robertson threw one scoreless inning on Tuesday as part of his additional adjust actualization with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.Girardi said Robertson will accompany the aggregation in Atlanta on Wednesday and could arise journey disabled annual on Friday.