ANGELS NOTEBOOK: TIME NOW BIG FACTOR FOR COLON.

Byline: DOUG PADILLA 

Staff Writer

TORONTO -- The Angels are now in a race against time to get Bartolo Colon back on the active roster.

The right-hander, who is on the disabled list with right elbow irritation, continued to make progress with a 46-pitch bullpen session Wednesday. The Angels now have two weeks to get him stretched out to 100 pitches and back on the roster by Aug. 30 to make him playoff-eligible.

On the last day of the month, a snapshot is taken of the roster and only those players are eligible to play in the postseason. The only way to get a player onto the postseason after that would be as an injury replacement.

Colon not only threw fastballs, he mixed in curveballs and changeups for the first time. He also pitched from the windup and the stretch.

Pitching coach Mike Butcher said that some mechanical flaws that had been causing Colon problems also have been cleaned up.

"We were just finding a spot to where he can follow through again and get through his pitches," Butcher said. "He has a tendency to recoil and he's really worked out some nice things as far as that goes. He's following through on virtually every pitch."

For Colon to meet the Aug. 30 deadline, he can't have any more setbacks. That's not a given, considering he started the season with lingering rotator cuff soreness, had triceps soreness midway through the season and now is having elbow issues.

"He's feeling good," Butcher said. "We want to keep him on the same pace to where we're not overloading him. He looks good. He looks real good."

Angels lose Harvey's rights: The Angels failed to sign third-round draft pick Matt Harvey by Wednesday's 9 p.m. deadline and no longer control the rights to the right-handed pitcher.

Harvey will enroll at the University of North Carolina.

Harvey had the talent to be a first-round pick but slid to the third round because of his intentions to go to college and his association with agent Scot Boras, the player's advisor.

"The offer we made was very generous; for a guy drafted 118th it was very generous," general manager Bill Stoneman said. "We're fine with the way it works out."

Because they didn't come to a deal, the Angels will be compensated a third-round pick in next year's draft.

First pick done for year: Stoneman confirmed that the team's first overall selection, pitcher Johathan Bachanov, has likely been shut down for the remainder of the season because of a tender elbow.

Bochanov was a sandwich pick, between the first and second rounds, selected 58th overall.

Stoneman does not consider the injury to be serious.

Also: There is still no word on who will start for the Angels in the first game of Friday's day-night doubleheader at Boston, but manager Mike Scioscia said a decision has been made. "We'll let you know," Scioscia said. ... Terrell Alliman, an outfielder who was the Angels 43rd-round draft pick in June, was a guest of the team Wednesday and met many of the players and coaches. Alliman, who is from Waterloo, Ontario, will be assigned to the club's Arizona Rookie League team.