Lowry Making Progress

It's been a while since we got any positive news about Noah Lowry, but Henry Schulman reports that the lefty threw for the first time since he was shut down in late April. Lowry played catch on Thursday, and said that the tingling in his left arm which prevented him from throwing is gone.

"It's encouraging at this point," said Lowry, who last pitched in a regular-season game Aug. 29, nearly 11 months ago. "We are turning corners, which is good. It's something to look forward to. I'm certainly excited about it."

Lowry still hopes to pitch in 2008, but he's going to take it slow. With the Giants not going anywhere this year, it would be counterproductive to rush him back. The best thing would be to slowly let him rebuild his arm strength, and hopefully he will be ready to rejoin the pitching staff in 2009.