Masahiro Tanaka, who hopes to return to the New York Yankees this season, threw 10 pitches off flat ground in the outfield at Camden Yards on Wednesday night.

"I think I have a chance if everything progresses the way I want it to and we want it to," Tanaka said when asked if he might pitch again in 2014.

Tanaka has not pitched since July 8, when he left in the seventh inning of a start against the Cleveland Indians complaining of pain in his right elbow.

A subsequent MRI revealed a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament.