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So every single Cubs starter is down at least 1.5 ticks in velocity, with Hendricks and Arrieta down almost 3, and all 5 are in the top 20 in the MLB for velocity loss compared to last season. It seems pretty odd that all of them would experience such a big dropoff, so it has to be intentional, right? Are they easing everyone in after the long playoffs last year so that their arms are fresher later in the season?

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QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 19, 2017 -> 03:13 PM)
So every single Cubs starter is down at least 1.5 ticks in velocity, with Hendricks and Arrieta down almost 3, and all 5 are in the top 20 in the MLB for velocity loss compared to last season. It seems pretty odd that all of them would experience such a big dropoff, so it has to be intentional, right? Are they easing everyone in after the long playoffs last year so that their arms are fresher later in the season?

How's that data look on the Indians side or the past Champions/Runner ups in the Series? I legit have no idea and it'd be interesting to see if that whole extra month really hurts in that regard.

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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 19, 2017 -> 03:16 PM)
How's that data look on the Indians side or the past Champions/Runner ups in the Series? I legit have no idea and it'd be interesting to see if that whole extra month really hurts in that regard.

 

This was my first thought as well. I remember how much the Sox pitchers declined from 2005 to 2006.

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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 19, 2017 -> 03:16 PM)
How's that data look on the Indians side or the past Champions/Runner ups in the Series? I legit have no idea and it'd be interesting to see if that whole extra month really hurts in that regard.

 

And those October innings are much harder on the arm, because every pitch is that much more intense. I would assume the drops in velocity are related to the extra playoff work.

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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 19, 2017 -> 03:16 PM)
How's that data look on the Indians side or the past Champions/Runner ups in the Series? I legit have no idea and it'd be interesting to see if that whole extra month really hurts in that regard.

Kluber, Tomlin and Bauer are where they usually are in April. From 2015-2016, on the Mets Thor's velocity went up, Colon remained the same and DeGrom and Harvey saw similar dropoffs to the Cubs' SP. For the Royals, Ventura and Volquez stayed the same, Young's went up, while Cueto was down about 1 mph. So it seems like there's a mixed bag of results. I'll probably look at some of the other past Champions/Runner ups later. It's just weird to see Hendricks throw 84 mph fastballs out there today.

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QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 19, 2017 -> 03:45 PM)
Kluber, Tomlin and Bauer are where they usually are in April. From 2015-2016, on the Mets Thor's velocity went up, Colon remained the same and DeGrom and Harvey saw similar dropoffs to the Cubs' SP. For the Royals, Ventura and Volquez stayed the same, Young's went up, while Cueto was down about 1 mph. So it seems like there's a mixed bag of results. I'll probably look at some of the other past Champions/Runner ups later. It's just weird to see Hendricks throw 84 mph fastballs out there today.

Interesting. Like I said, I haven't looked it up so I was just intrigued to see what the data was on that. I also kind of just thought Hendricks was regressing to the mean after his season last year, didn't realize his fastball was that down.

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