Three days after pitch broke his nose, Padres catcher Austin Nola begins to ease back into baseball activity; opening day remains on the table
Bent over behind home plate on Sunday as blood poured from the gash on his nose, Austin Nola had enough wits about him to conduct his own spot-check even as trainers began their own evaluations.
Toward that end, Nola, all smiles while briefing reporters on his remarkable condition following Sunday’s brush with a runaway fastball, pulled the straps of his catching gear bag over his shoulder and lugged it out to the bullpen to begin a tempered return to baseball activity.Nola hit and went through some catching drills in the batting cage as he begins to see just what he handle.
All told, the 36-year-old veteran threw a total of 93 pitches across three appearances for Samurai Japan: a three-inning start, Thursday’s two-inning relief appearance and Tuesday’s eighth inning in the championship. Melvin added: “Based on the fact that he was throwing 70-pitch bullpens in January, I don’t think it will take long to build him up.”Between the bullpen leading up to a simulated game, the three “innings” he threw to a hitter and work in between,He remains without a timetable, but the Padres aren’t discouraging Musgrove aiming to return for the seventh game of the season and Wednesday’s session at least is a good sign that his arm remains in shape despite the setback with the broken toe.
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