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Rangers prospect Matuella returns to game action

Michael Matuella admitted to some nerves before making his spring debut on the back fields Sunday afternoon. It’s not hard to blame him after not pitching in a game since June 17 and before that April of 2015.

The results? Well, they could have been better. The only result he and all the Rangers coaches, scouts and front office wanted concerned his health after throwing 20 pitches.

“My elbow feels perfect,” the right-hander said.

Matuella, the Rangers’ third round pick in 2015 after Tommy John surgery two months earlier at Duke, now finds himself on a regular starter’s schedule.