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Arroyo improving, eyeing rehab stint in July
- Updated: June 4, 2016
WASHINGTON — It looks like Nationals right-hander Bronson Arroyo is far from finished. In early May, he was throwing sidearm because of shoulder issues. Now, he is able to throw from the three-quarter arm slot.
Arroyo’s shoulder feels so good these days that he is pitching in intrasquad games at the Nationals Spring Training complex in Viera, Fla. Entering Saturday’s action, Arroyo already had pitched in two games, throwing a combined five innings without any problems.
During Spring Training, Arroyo had partial tears in his rotator cuff tendons and said he would retire if the injury required surgery.
Arroyo was able to work on the mound because he took four weeks off from pitching and just strengthened the shoulder. When he was ready to pitch again, Arroyo threw sidearm for about five weeks. Then he started playing catch and told the coaches he could throw “over the top again.”
In the first intrasquad game, Arroyo threw sidearm in the first inning and then threw a few pitches from the …
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