Mikolas (forearm) completed a bullpen session Friday at the Cardinals' spring training facility and said he anticipates being ready for the start of the regular season, Mark Saxon of The Athletic reports. "Everything's going well. If you look at June 10-ish for spring training and early- to mid-July as the point of no return, from what I understand, for a season, I think I should be ready to go," Mikolas said.

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Because Mikolas was recovering from a strained flexor tendon in his right forearm when MLB suspended its season in mid-March, he has been allowed to conduct his rehab program at the Cardinals' facility while his healthy teammates have worked out on their own. Mikolas, who has been throwing off a mound for a few weeks now, estimated that he'll complete about 8-to-10 more bullpen sessions before throwing two or three innings in simulated or exhibition games, assuming teams are cleared to reconvene in early or mid-June. That should put him on pace to handle a normal starter's workload by the time the truncated season begins.