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- Updated: September 14, 2016
DETROIT — Tigers third baseman Nick Castellanos took another step toward a return to the field on Wednesday at Comerica Park, though it was a small one. Castellanos, who is nursing a broken bone in his left hand, took one at-bat in Jordan Zimmermann’s simulated game.
Castellanos saw over-the-top pitching in live batting practice for the first time in more than five weeks on Monday. At the time, Castellanos said he felt pain while swinging, but overall he was happy with the session.
After taking batting practice in the cages on Tuesday, Castellanos took the next step with full-intensity pitching in the simulated game, but pulled himself from after one at-bat — a groundout to second base.
Zimmermann threw a couple of fastballs on the inside corner to Castellanos before inducing the groundout with an outside slider.
“The velocity and intensity, I guess with pitches moving around, I’m not there yet, not ready to manipulate those swings and try to hit those kinds of pitches yet,” Castellanos said. “But over-the-top felt better than it did the first day of …
