Washington Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg was on a mound Friday for the first time in a month.
He threw fastballs and changeups in a 25-pitch bullpen session which he said went well. The Nationals asked him to throw at 50 percent of his normal velocity during his first bullpen, which Strasburg joked would mean he would be throwing roughly 45 mph, so that was not going to happen.
“I wouldn’t say it was full intensity because it was the first day off the mound,” Strasburg said. “I would say it was crisp and I was letting it go.