Texas Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom threw 45 pitches before Tuesday's game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. deGrom is a couple more bullpen sessions from advancing to a rehab assignment.
threw 45 pitches off the mound in a simulated bullpen before Tuesday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals. He threw three sets of 15 pitches, sitting down for eight minutes between each set to simulate a game situation.
He threw five changeups among fastballs in the first set. After eight warmups, he threw another 15-pitch set that included five sliders. The last set included three changeup and three sliders. deGrom is expected to repeat the session on Friday or Saturday and then face hitters in the following session.
"I feel good. Arm feels good," deGrom said. "Just working out some location things. Now I'm starting to let them go a little bit. So during the whole bullpen , I'm figuring out that intensity and locating the baseball, but feeling good.""I feel that way. That's the goal, to get back out there and help the team, to hopefully help us into the playoffs," he said. "The goal is to pitch this year.
"We have to look at things and make sure we're being smart. I think I'm a little bit ahead of schedule. felt good the whole time, so we're going to continue to push forward and take it day by day, deGrom said. "I've been fortunate enough not to have any setbacks right now. So we'll try to keep it that way and do the work in between and try to stay on this schedule that I'm on.
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