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He's gotta be hurt. Fastball was thrown as slow as 88 MPH in his last start.  I didn't watch his start tonight.  

You almost kind of hope he is hurt at this point.  Not "surgery needed" hurt, but hope there is at least some explanation for these last three performances. 

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4 minutes ago, cheecks said:

Bundy, Gausman, Tillman.

Their velocities have all diminished over the years. 

Gausman was back in the high-90's in his last start, so I think he's fine.  Just took him a few starts to get warmed up. 

Tillman had the shoulder thing.  

I think Bundy might have a shoulder thing too.  

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1 minute ago, ChuckS said:

Gausman was back in the high-90's in his last start, so I think he's fine.  Just took him a few starts to get warmed up. 

Tillman had the shoulder thing.  

I think Bundy might have a shoulder thing too.  

Calcification?

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6 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Calcification?

Maybe.  I know nothing about that injury/condition or the recovery, but that's as likely as anything else since it was a problem he previously had.  

It's normal to lose velocity over the years, but it's another thing to go from pitching in the high-90's, to the mid-90's, to the low 90's, to the high 80's all within your early 20's.  At this rate he will be lucky to throw 80 MPH by age 28.  He has such a clean delivery too.  It's a shame. 

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This is Buck after Bundy was roughed up by the Angels.  

Manager Buck Showalter on whether he’s concerned about Bundy: “It’s always a concern when you know what a guy is capable of and he doesn’t do it that night. He’s working on an extra day’s rest. Sometimes the other team is pretty good, too. Dylan, I didn’t think he was quite as crisp as he’s capable of. 

“He’s elevating the ball. In those successful outings, he was driving the ball down and away. That’s still his bread and butter. He’s trying. He’ll figure it out, but you see a couple in a row like that from a good pitcher (and) you’re always concerned if it’s something else.”

http://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2018/05/dylan-bundy-allows-three-homers-as-angels-beat-the-os.html

Looks like he is worried there is something else going on.  Buck seldom talks like this.  

 

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