It seems like Brandon Webb‘s on the rehab version of a Armando Reynoso start. It is taking so long, the league is looking into whether or not there is a way for umpires to speed it up. We realize that Webb’s injury has been difficult for him to come back from but it sounds like he is one step closer to a return. He set foot on a mound today, too bad it was sans baseball.

Brandon Webb was back on the mound Friday.

OK, so he wasn’t throwing a baseball, but the right-hander was simulating his motion with a towel in his hand, which pitchers do when they want to do mound work without actually throwing.

For Webb, the towel drill has value because it’s been so long since he’s thrown off a mound that getting comfortable on one again is a challenge in itself…[D-Backs.com's Steve Gilbert]