(04-29-2019 04:30 PM)stever20 Wrote:  the problem though sometimes to get that velocity you have to sacrifice your command- just like they were saying for Sale.

Who was saying that? and when? I've been reading that Sale's was asked to keep his velo down. And after his last start they're saying his velo and command were poor to start but both came back later in the game and he was pretty good.

Quote:All the while, Sale’s fastball sat in the 89-92 mph range, his slider lacked anything resembling bite and his usual pin-point command was nowhere to be found. He also continued to struggle with men on base. Again, in many ways, this was a continuation of everything that’s gone wrong for Sale thus far.

But then he retired 11 of his next 12 batters, touched 96 mph on the radar gun and, honestly, dominated the Rays. He looked like, well, Chris Sale.