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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I will say though, I was concerned about Bassitt's velocity in the spring, but then there was that report about how he's just an old vet slowly ramping things up. Well, better get it ramped up bud, it ain't spring training anymore lol
88-90mph isn't going to get it done unless the command is near perfect.
Hopefully they didn't just bring in the next Tanner Roarke haha
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I mean you definitely have to be a bit concerned with a pretty pronounced drop in velo. Especially a 34 year old pitcher. One thing I checked in on was his velo charts from 2022 on FanGraphs and he definitely built up his velo over April into May. The fact that’s he’s not a huge “blow you away with his fastball” guy anyways and more of a location pitcher means there is definitely a lot of room for improvement. I mean it literally could not have been any worse.