"Pirates left-handed pitcher Scott Olsen is almost certainly headed for the disabled list to begin the season, as a hamstring injury early in camp has set back his progress.

"I don't think I will be starting [the] season, anywhere," Olsen said. "What we are doing is making sure, once we get healthy, we can just roll. ... I don't want to have two months healthy, three weeks off, two months healthy, a month off.

"What I am doing is trying to get 100 percent healthy before I go anywhere."

Olsen, who pitched an inning March 14 then 11/3 Thursday (both in relief) will most likely have a stint in extended spring training in Bradenton once the Pirates head north.

Olsen's rehabilitation will consist of long toss for about a week and then re-evaluation.

Asked when he would be game-ready, Olsen had no time line.

"I'm not sure," he said. "In another week I will probably be able to have a better answer for that question."

As it is, Olsen and general manager Neal Huntington said that the pitcher is healthy, but it was an unfortunate situation. The hamstring injury Olsen suffered early in spring is healed, but as he fought back from that, he wasn't able to throw as much as he would have liked, thus, was unable to build up his arm strength to be a suitable member of the staff once the season begins April 1."