As pitchers and catchers officially reported there was a particularly welcome sight for the St. Louis Cardinals–Carlos Martinez pitching off the bullpen mound.
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“I’m so excited,” said Martinez, who also threw two days ago. His session today consisted of fifteen pitches at not quite full velocity.
“About 80%,” he described. “When I was throwing, I was just throwing fastballs because I want to know that I’ll feel okay. I think the last bullpen– I will be good.”
The right-hander also shared the tightness of the shoulder strain which shut him down in September is gone and there is no lingering pain.
“Now I don’t feel nothing about last year,” he confirmed. “Now I feel strong and I think my shoulder’s good.”
Martinez expects to throw again in the next couple of days.
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