Updating an earlier report, Velasquez (elbow) is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Wednesday, Meghan Montemurro of The News Journal reports.
Velasquez will push his scheduled bullpen up a day and, if all goes well, he's expected to throw around 50 pitches in a Triple-A rehab game Friday. This is promising news for the 25-year-old, who appears to be working his way toward rejoining the Phillies. He'll likely need multiple rehab starts to build up his pitch count, given the length of his absence, but Velasquez appears to be inching closer to a return to the big-league rotation.