John Lackey's velocity chart for yesterday's game:
I'm pretty sure your fastball velocity isn't supposed to decline like that through the course of an 85-pitch appearance.
(H/t Red Sox Beacon)
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John Lackey's velocity chart for yesterday's game:
I'm pretty sure your fastball velocity isn't supposed to decline like that through the course of an 85-pitch appearance.
(H/t Red Sox Beacon)
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Sounds like a good old case of ‘Dead Arm’.
I remember when we used to wonder about injuries. Now we see them in the data for ourselves. Amazing.
Sounds like a good old case of ‘Dead Arm’
My fear is it is his entire body.
He always did remind me of a zombie: slack-jawed, trouble speaking coherently, dead eyes…you could be on to something SF!
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Well he was struggling with command early-on, so he probably took a bit off his velocity in order to throw strikes.
Regardless, that outing was god-awful.