fastball

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• Brad Hand’s average fastball velocity has taken a small dip that can make a big difference.

• Corbin’s velocity on his fastball and make-or-break slider dipped in 2020, too, but he is only 31 and there is no reason to believe he can’t physically respond.

• His strikeout rate sagged, if only marginally, and his fastball velocity was just a tick lower than usual.

• He saw a nearly identical distribution of fastballs and breaking pitches.

• In total, the Dodgers have five average-or-better starting pitchers, including Dustin May, their fifth-ranking arm, whose fastball averages 99 mph, tops in the majors.

• Every batter, it's a fastball for a strike or pop-up, then a change-up for a ground out.

• The key is to get ahead with a first-pitch fastball for a strike.'

• Once again he could throw his fastball for strikes with impunity--for six or seven innings at least.

• "I did all the work to get my fastball back, to rehabilitate my shoulder," he says.

• Zachary wound up, eyed the runner, then uncorked a sizzling fastball.