MILWAUKEE – Cubs lefty Wade Miley threw a 28-pitch bullpen on Saturday, taking a step forward after a slow recovery from his last rehab start.
“Hopefully smooth sailing from here on out,” he said.
Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy, too, was pleased with Miley’s bullpen.
“Executed pitches great, and stuff looked great,” Hottovy told the Sun-Times. “The question we keep asking is, how’s the recovery going to be?”
Miley said he hasn’t been dealing with soreness but rather a catch in his shoulder on his follow-through. But his MRIs look “pretty good” for a 35-year-old who has thrown as much as he has.