![]() He is throwing on flat ground, but Melvin said “we’re not sure what day he gets off a mound again.” The left-handed reliever experienced discomfort due to inflammation in his left elbow that has kept him off a mound the past week. We want to make sure that everything checks out.” Pomeranz not readyĭrew Pomeranz had what Melvin called a “mild setback” and will not be ready for opening day. “With respect for him, I don’t want to say anything that would suggest no on that, and I want him being driven like he is,” Melvin said when asked about Musgrove’s hopeful timetable. That would allow him to work with the pitch clock and the PitchCom device worn by pitchers, both of which are new this season and Musgrove has not experienced in a game setting. ![]() He would also like to get into a Cactus League game before the finale on Monday. ![]() Musgrove has thrown between 40 and 45 pitches in his past two bullpens and hopes to get 50 or 55 Wednesday. The typical progression for a pitcher is to get up to five innings and/or around 90 pitches in their final spring training game. “It’s gonna be dependent on how I bounce back from (throwing) and making sure we don’t have any setbacks with the toe,” Musgrove said. He is aiming to make his first start April 6, in the season’s seventh game. Musgrove returned to San Diego to have his delivery analyzed and compared to his usual movements to make sure he is not changing his mechanics in any way to compensate for his fractured left big toe. But we’ll have some hitters stand in more so than anything.” So we’re good with getting him on a mound. Everything went well with the (biomechanical) analysis. “We don’t want any balls hit back to him. “They’re not going to swing,” Melvin said. But they will not be sending any balls his way. Musgrove will pitch to hitters on Wednesday. … Physically, I feel like he’s gonna tell you he’s capable of going and he’s ready to go.” Musgrove’s progress I know that you want to properly build him up. So I don’t think throwing is going to be an issue. “I don’t have a known answer, but I watched him train all offseason and he was throwing 80-pitch, 90-pitch bullpens before spring even started. “I know there’s a lot of questions, a lot of concern about him being ready for opening day or getting ready his first start,” Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove said Tuesday. When they embraced the Japanese icon leaving before spring training began, they chose to cling to the belief that Darvish’s work ethic and meticulous planning would help him prepare.ĭarvish began a throwing program in San Diego earlier than he normally would have. The Padres accepted the risk their pitching plans for the start of the season could possibly be jumbled or even set back by Darvish’s participation in the WBC. Melvin quickly added “If he pitches tonight, that’s great. “Get him off a mound here for three or four innings or whatever it is soon thereafter,” manager Bob Melvin opined Tuesday afternoon of the possibility of Darvish not pitching again for Japan. Then the Padres could put him right to work when he arrived in Arizona. It would have been better in terms of Darvish’s readiness for him to not pitch Tuesday. ![]()
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