Water Boy said:

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Can't understand it. How can he hit all his spots but as soon as he makes a mistake the ball is out of the park. It was equally as frustrating when the opposing pitcher would make mistake after mistake and we would get 0 runs.

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To quote Tommy Lasorda, "we couldn't hit water if we fell out of a ****in' boat"

There was a long form article on ESPN during spring training last year that also reported deGrom was planning on intentionally taking some velo off his fastball in order to stay healthy.

It was apparent on a pitch-to-pitch basis when watching his starts. He was consistently 96-98. He would only very occasionally reach triple digits, exclusively in the biggest circumstances.

That's fine to do, and it helped him stay as healthy as he's been in a while. Now, he just has to realize you have to mix in offspeed pitches more, specifically his changeup, to keep batters on their heels a little. Gotta keep them thinking about something other than the heater when you aren't throwing it triple digits with insane spin rates anymore.

Vessel said:

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There was a long form article on ESPN during spring training last year that also reported deGrom was planning on intentionally taking some velo off his fastball in order to stay healthy.

It was apparent on a pitch-to-pitch basis when watching his starts. He was consistently 96-98. He would only very occasionally reach triple digits, exclusively in the biggest circumstances.

That's fine to do, and it helped him stay as healthy as he's been in a while. Now, he just has to realize you have to mix in offspeed pitches more, specifically his changeup, to keep batters on their heels a little. Gotta keep them thinking about something other than the heater when you aren't throwing it triple digits with insane spin rates anymore.

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