Pineda Hopes To Start Throwing By 'Mid-September'

Michael Pineda made a surprise appearance in the New York clubhouse before Tuesday night's game against the Braves.

The right-hander was in town to see doctors, to get a check-up on the injury that will keep him out for the rest of the season.

"I'm feeling better right now," Pineda said. "I'm starting now, working, my exercise. I go to the physical therapy everyday."

Since being diagnosed with a labrum tear in his right shoulder at the end of April which ended his first season in pinstripes before it even began, Pineda has been on a strict no-throwing diet.

It was thought at the time that Pineda might not be able to start throwing until the late fall-early winter period, but the tall right-hander indicated that timetable might have been moved up.

"Somebody told me, like, in the middle of September," Pineda said.

Via Star-Ledger

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