PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- For the first time since straining his right lat muscle early in Spring Training, setting him back several weeks, Mets reliever Erik Goeddel climbed atop a mound Saturday for a 15-pitch bullpen session.
"I felt like a baseball player again," Goeddel said.
Though Goeddel did not throw any of his pitches at maximum effort, he was thrilled with the outcome of the session. He will return to a mound for another session at the beginning of next week; if all continues to go well, Goeddel's Grapefruit League debut could follow shortly thereafter.