Rays pitcher Jake Odorizzi felt fine after throwing 40 pitches during a bullpen session Monday, reports MLB.com.
"Everything felt good," Odorizzi said. "I was a little rusty at first from not being on the mound, but I got the mechanical issues sorted out about 10-15 pitches in, and it was all good after that."
Odorizzi is on the disabled list with a left oblique strain and is scheduled to throw another bullpen session Wednesday. If all goes well, he would begin a rehab assignment Saturday.
"There's going to be a buildup process," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "I'm not going to sit here and say it's going to be a five-rehab-start buildup, but he's going to have to build back up. He's taken multiple weeks off now of really throwing with high intensity."