Glasnow seems fine after throwing session

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SAN FRANCISCO — Pirates top prospect Tyler Glasnow exited early from a Minor League start Sunday, but it appears the rehabbing right-hander has avoided another injury.

Glasnow was scheduled to throw four innings in a rehab start for Double-A Altoona on Sunday, but he left the game after pitching three innings. He was examined in Pittsburgh on Monday and cleared to rejoin Altoona to throw a bullpen session Tuesday.

The throwing session went well, head athletic trainer Todd Tomczyk said, and Glasnow will work in the bullpen one more time before getting back on the mound for another rehab start.

Glasnow, on the 15-day disabled list due to right shoulder discomfort, did not require an MRI or any other scan. Tomczyk theorized that Glasnow may have been uncomfortable — Altoona manager Joey Cora noted he was shaking his arm on the mound — because his body didn’t feel right the last time he pitched in a game.

“Anytime these guys come back from an …

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