Every single Royal pitcher without exception seems to be throwing at the top of there (recent) historical velocity range, whether its Wade Davis at 95, Hernandez at 100, Covid afflicted Staumont at 100, Duffy at 94, Keller at 97, and on down the list. Minor threw some FBs at 94.... Pitchers in general are stronger right now perhaps because they threw so few innings last year. We will have to see if that translates into more injuries later in the year? What do you think could be wrong with Keller? Avoiding the slider sounds like elbow issues but hard to figure throwing the fastball at 97 when you're elbow doesn't feel right. I thought he stopped throwing sliders after hanging them on 2 strike counts in the first.
On a separate note, Salvy is worse than ever at framing pitches. He's snatching balls at the edge of the zone way too far back into the zone and he's not getting any borderline Ks called. Salvy at DH with Soler in RF against LHP sometimes wouldn't hurt my feelings. Rusty Kurtz seems to have helped Soler's defensive prowess some.
Random question, I’ve been super busy with t-ball and softball, but what happened to Ervin Santana? I checked RR and MLBTR and couldn’t find a transaction regarding him. Anyone know?
Every single Royal pitcher without exception seems to be throwing at the top of there (recent) historical velocity range, whether its Wade Davis at 95, Hernandez at 100, Covid afflicted Staumont at 100, Duffy at 94, Keller at 97, and on down the list. Minor threw some FBs at 94.... Pitchers in general are stronger right now perhaps because they threw so few innings last year. We will have to see if that translates into more injuries later in the year? What do you think could be wrong with Keller? Avoiding the slider sounds like elbow issues but hard to figure throwing the fastball at 97 when you're elbow doesn't feel right. I thought he stopped throwing sliders after hanging them on 2 strike counts in the first.
On a separate note, Salvy is worse than ever at framing pitches. He's snatching balls at the edge of the zone way too far back into the zone and he's not getting any borderline Ks called. Salvy at DH with Soler in RF against LHP sometimes wouldn't hurt my feelings. Rusty Kurtz seems to have helped Soler's defensive prowess some.
And just when I've been pining for DD to be trade bait he goes out and looks like the Ace lol. Man, you got to love this game!
Random question, I’ve been super busy with t-ball and softball, but what happened to Ervin Santana? I checked RR and MLBTR and couldn’t find a transaction regarding him. Anyone know?
Ohh yeah, good job Duffster!