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Old 05-22-2012, 11:09 PM   #699
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Originally Posted by Miles View Post
Fangraphs is showing his average fastball velocity as down a bit but nothing dramatic. 89.7 this year vs. 91.1 in 2010, 90.9 in 2009 and 90.1 in 2008.
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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