HOUSTON -- Lefty James Paxton still wasn't feeling 100 percent when he threw a 40-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday at Minute Maid Park, so he'll have another similar workout on Friday, when the club gets to Arlington, before rejoining the rotation in Seattle during the season's final week.
"I felt good, but I was pretty gassed afterward," said Paxton, who has missed two starts since being stricken by the flu and pneumonia but remains hopeful of making two starts in the last week.
Felix Hernandez, who has been in Seattle rehabbing a sore right hamstring, will rejoin the club in Arlington and also throw a bullpen session on Friday before a decision is made on whether he'll be used in the final week as well.