CC Sabathia, who underwent arthroscopic surgery in the offseason to clean out a bone spur in his pitching elbow, throw 29 pitches off a mound on Saturday.

"I immediately felt good and felt comfortable after the first couple of pitches," he said. "I was excited to be back up there on the mound."

Sabathia limited his repertoire to fastballs and change ups -- he normally does not throw any breaking balls in his first bullpen of any spring training.