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TORONTO – Brandon Morrow threw off the mound Thursday for the first time since tearing a tendon sheath in his index finger May 2, an important point of progress in his painstaking rehabilitation of the injury.
The Toronto Blue Jays right-hander threw roughly 30 pitches during the session, and came away pleased. He’ll continue to throw bullpens every other day for the next while before further steps are mapped out.
“It was good,” Morrow said of the session. “I still had the tape job on my finger so it’s not completely there, but the bullpen was fine. With just this little tape here I feel pretty free with my finger so I was able to loosely go through my mechanics and feel the slope of the mound and everything was pretty good.”
Morrow remains a tantalizing wild card for the Blue Jays with the potential to provide a significant boost to the rotation or bullpen, or not return at all. To this point there have been no setbacks, even if his possible return may be taking a bit longer than expected.
“Everything has been positive,” said Morrow. “Real slow, but always going in the right direction. …
“I felt better with my command and just going through my mechanics than I thought I would (on the mound). My finger felt pretty good, so I was encouraged by it.”
Key tests for Morrow will come once he begins throwing without any tape on his finger and the tendon sheath must hold without any help.
“I’ve been over the last week doing my throwing program and then taking off the tape and throwing some more after that, and that’s felt good,” said Morrow. “It actually feels better after I take the tape off, just freeing up the finger a little bit. It feels more natural.”
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I'm not getting my hopes up.