CLEARWATER, Fla. — Left-hander Matt Strahm is no longer feeling any pain in his pitching shoulder after dealing with an impingement this spring, Phillies manager Rob Thomson told reporters on Saturday afternoon at BayCare Ballpark.
The reliever did a strength test that checked out, and he threw the baseball from 75 feet out. He’ll keep working to build his arm strength back up after a brief pause from pitching activities.
“Everything went well, and we’ll extend him out tomorrow,” Thomson said.
The timing of this all is tough with only 12 days until Opening Day on March 27 in Washington, D.