Sean Doolittle has been sorely missed by the Washington Nationals while out with stress reaction in his toe. Fill-in closer Kelvin Herrera struggled, and then went down himself, leaving Ryan Madson the interim closer.
Doolittle had pitched to the tune of a 1.45 ERA and recorded 22 saves before being put on the disabled list on July 10th. But now the team hopes to have him back fairly soon.
It was reported yesterday, by Mark Zuckerman of MASN Sports, that Doolittle is ready to throw off a mound.