While Chris Tillman is hoping he can start as scheduled March 17, the Orioles' right-hander doesn't want to get too far ahead of himself.
Tillman, whose spring debut has been slowed by a right-shoulder injury, threw off a flat mound, which has a rubber, March 1.
"It went well. It went about as well as a first mound can go, I guess. It's a positive," Tillman said. "I've been feeling good. I didn't expect anything different. I feel good. I'm sore today but not the shoulder. Kind of just body sore, getting off the mound, first time in a long time, feels good."
The 28-year-old thinks there are definite benefits to throwing off the flat mound.
