His velocity on all of his pitches seems to be right in line with last year, although down considerably from 07. I don't know if hitters are taking more against him knowing he's a 100 max pitcher or what. The strikeouts are down a tick, and walks are up a tick and the BABIP is considerably higher. I think it's just bad luck. A few more flyballs leaving the ballpark, 3x his rate from last year, definitely isn't helping. I would bet on his numbers stabilizing though.