General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 hour ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

I don't understand how 8 innings that he would have pitched in spring training dropped his velocity for the entire year

It is a different intensity and a different spring ramp-up.  Whether that is REALLY the cause of his struggles, who knows, but I could see it having lingering effects on some pitchers.  Look at Palencia, who is just now starting to get back to the pitcher we expected going into the season.