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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
1.5 mph is pretty drastic.
Understand - Waino is my favorite Cardinal. He's the nicest guy on the team and we could never ask for anything more from a player than we get from that guy. If he's throwing 85, I'd still want him extended.
I want nothing more than to see him back out there owning that mound like he did in 2010.
But I'm also not going to pass off a 1.5 mph loss in velocity as immaterial, especially when he appears to be overthrowing on occasion to even get to that 89 and thus straightening out and/or rolling a curveball (hence his slightly increased changeup velocity).
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I didn't get to watch much of the game, but in the couple of middle innings I did see, I thought his fastball looked better...touching 92 more regularly and his curveball and the more familiar bite and tilt. Granted it is the Padres, but I thought overall it was a more optimistic view of a true return to his previous self. Time will tell, I think he will adapt no matter what because he has always been a pitcher who could deal with not having his good fastball to be effective.