SEATTLE -- Game action for James Paxton is still quite a ways off, but the lefty starter said he was encouraged by his first pitches off a mound since injuring a tendon in his left middle finger on May 28 against the Indians.
Paxton threw 25 pitches -- all fastballs -- in the Mariners' bullpen before Sunday's game at about 80 percent effort and said he came away without feeling pain in his finger.
"Felt awesome. I was happy to be back out on the mound and the ball was coming out well," Paxton said.