Major League Baseball

Taillon takes another step toward recovery

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 12:00 p.m. ET

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Jameson Taillon, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2010 Draft, is still recovering from Tommy John surgery last season, but is expected to take a big step Thursday.

In his first game action since the surgery, Taillon is scheduled to throw an inning at extended spring training.

"Our entire organization is excited for him," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "He's worked extremely hard. There have been days ... when he was pushing that sled around at Pirate City and just doing so much extensive work, physical work to keep his mind where it needed to be because he wasn't able to throw a ball."

(h/t Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)