WasWatching notes that Carl Pavano throws from a mound today. Despite this, he's still down on Carl:

The upshot of what I started to write last night was around what was a reasonable expectation for a season's innings pitched total from Pavano - based on his big league career to date.

Getting more than 137 big league IP from Carl Pavano in a season is a rare thing. Sure, he posted 200+ IP in 2003 and 2004. However, it's a much safer bet to expect less than 140 IP (in a season) from the Duke of the D.L, the Rajah of Rehab, the Prince of the Paycheck-Cashers, or whatever you want to call him.

My problem with this line of thinking is how many pitchers post numerous 200 inning seasons anyway? Last year, 45 pitchers reached that mark or 1.5 per team. For example, through age 30, Schilling only pitched three 200 inning seasons. Someone wanting to hire Curt at that point might have thought he wasn't worth the injury risk, but he ended up having a very productive decade.

I'd say the probability is high that Pavano doesn't pitch tons of innings this year. But at this point, New York would be very happy to get 140 productive innings out of Carl.