“Yeah, MacKenzie, he’s going to throw a bullpen again tomorrow,” Davey Martinez said in his pregame press conference with reporters on Tuesday, when asked for an update on the 23-year-old lefty, acquired from San Diego last month, who’s started throwing again, and made his first rehab start last week at Triple-A, as he works his way back from an IL stint for elbow inflammation.
“And then if that goes well, he’ll be back on the mound Friday, hopefully we’ll get him three innings, about 45-50 pitches.”
Before the second of two with Baltimore in D.C. this week, Martinez provided another quick updated on the southpaw, who’s hoping to get back on the mound for the first time for his new team before the Nationals’ season comes to an end.