Our intrepid beat reporters are providing valuable roster information again today. First, this tweet from MLB.Com’s Adam McCalvy:
Jimmy Nelson is up to 105 feet in his throwing program. The next step, 120, is an important one, and he will stay there for a few weeks. There’s hope of getting him back on a mound in the second half of April.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) March 23, 2018
I gotta tell ya, getting Nelson on a mound in late April makes a dream of his return in mid July seem almost realistic.