Good news, Chad Cordero threw a bullpen session yesterday and came away from it saying he felt that he finally had full range of motion in his shoulder.
“Did I know that doing a couple of small things would get him full extension? After all the years of working with pitchers, I’ve picked up a few things,” Adair said, smiling. “Chad’s doing the work, and he’s surprised us. He’s going to be ready sooner than we’d hoped.”
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“I threw about 40 pitches, all fastballs, and my velocity was up. I don’t throw hard, anyway – 88-89 mph, and sometimes up to 90-91. I’d say I was throwing anywhere from 82 to 84 mph today.
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“When I first signed here, I was thinking I’d pitch in June, maybe July. I’m way ahead of that now,” Cordero said. “Now I’m looking at mid- to late-May.”
Reading through that story though sparked a memory, that of why Cordero signed here in the first place:
"This was definitely not the best offer," said [Cordero's Agent]. "It's strictly an opportunity move. He put most of his emphasis on the best chance of closing. He thought this was a good opportunity for that."
Think Cordero has a chip on his shoulder now? I cannot believe the beat writers haven't jumped on this yet as a source of future bad chemistry.