Facts:
Clayton Kershaw didn't throw a single fastball over 92 MPH tonight and the two 92 MPH fastballs he threw were officially 91.6 MPH.
Kershaw also has not thrown a fastball this entire 2018 season over 93 MPH (he had shown the ability to hump his fastball up to 97 MPH on more than just rare occasions until this year) and his average fastball has dipped in each of the last 3 years, dipping down from 93 MPH and a bit in 2017 down to about 91 MPH this year.
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His fastball velocity has dipped into the low 90s, and his slider has taken on the characteristics of a cutter. But he is still recording outs at a dominant rate, with an ERA (2.42) and WHIP (0.98) that rank seventh among those with at least 130 innings. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts credited Kershaw's "open-mindedness to information," but he couldn't help but laugh about the "long process" of getting Kershaw there.
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Kershaw's average fastball velocity has dropped each of the past four years, from 94.2 mph in 2015 to 91.5 mph in 2018. He has continually used the heater less (40.9 percent of the time in 2018, down from 53.6 percent of the time in 2015) and instead relies more heavily on his slider (41.3 percent in 2018, up from 27.9 percent in 2015).
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http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2...e-remain-elite
https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/20...sults-averages