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Belisle (calf) has been throwing from flat ground and could get back on a mound this weekend, the Washington Post reports. "I've been putting a batter to stand in, been going through all my pitches and made sure to keep it going," Belisle said. "I think a lot of it is the mental side, too. Each throw, if I'm really working on what I'm doing, the transition [to real games] will be a lot easier. The mound is just an acclimation to the incline, then go, go, go."
Assuming he doesn't have any setbacks in his mound work, Belisle could be able to skip a rehab assignment and rejoin the Nationals' middle-relief corps in the next week.
