Triston McKenzie cleared to begin throwing again later this week

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty ImagesAccording to Ryan Lewis of the Akron Beacon Journal, Triston McKenzie has been cleared to resume throwing baseball later this week after being examined by doctors on Sunday.

This is obviously great news for McKenzie and the Guardians, who have sorely missed him since it was announced he would miss several weeks with a major teres muscle injury following his final spring training start.

McKenzie was initially pulled from that game with what he later described as a “weird sensation” in his shoulder and triceps area. The initial diagnosis of a teres major muscle strain, which was made public on March 27, indicated that he would be shut down…