Stephen Strasburg threw 57 pitches, 34 for strikes, in his first rehab start with the Potomac Nationals back on July 10th, giving up two hits, a walk, and a run while striking out five in 3 1⁄3 IP for the Washington’s High-A affiliate.
Reports that Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez received were positive.
“I like the fact that his velo was pretty good,” Martinez told reporters, as quoted by MLB.com writer Jamal Collier. “He topped out at 98 [mph] and was consistently at 95 [mph].”
The plan, Martinez explained yesterday, in advance of the 29-year-old’s second start with the P-Nats today, was to have Strasburg make one more rehab start this afternoon to make sure that any issues with the right shoulder inflammation were behind him before he returns to the big league rotation.