Stephen Strasburg threw 4 1⁄3 innings in Trenton, NJ’s Trenton Thunder Ballpark on Sunday afternoon, giving up two hits and two walks but no runs in his first rehab start after going on the IL back on April 18th with right shoulder inflammation. Then he, apparently, hopped on a plane and flew to Chicago after the game, joining up with his team in Wrigley Field for the four-game series with the Cubs this week.
“Strasburg is here and he’s going to throw a bullpen tomorrow, and then we’ll reassess him tomorrow,” Davey Martinez said when the Nationals’ skipper spoke with reporters before the series opener with the Cubbies.