Angels’ Shohei Ohtani throwing off a mound … with a towel

ANAHEIM — Shohei Ohtani had a visitor Monday: Kazuyuki Shirai, his coach on the Nippon Ham Fighters.
Shirai picked a good day to visit. Ohtani, who has not pitched since June 6 because of a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, took a small step toward returning as a pitcher, making some dry throws off the bullpen mound while holding a towel in his right hand. It was his first mound activity of any sort since receiving an injection of platelet-rich plasma and stem cells on