Could this finally be the year?
Rays manager Kevin Cash said Saturday that Tyler Glasnow's velocity in his first couple bullpen sessions this spring has sat at 98.7 mph.
That's over two mph faster than the 96.5 mph that Statcast clocked him at last season. Glasnow has been working on being quicker to the plate in order to help control the running game, and in the process he's experienced a velocity bump and has also been throwing more strikes. "Everybody that has faced him has said that it's not a fun at-bat," Cash said. "Now it's finding that consistency. But we need to give him a little more margin of error given that he's 6-foot-7, 6-foot-8. He's filling up the zone right now." Obviously, we don't want to read too much into how a pitcher looks this early on in camp, but this report is certainly encouraging. Glasnow was already looking like a fine breakout candidate with how he finished last season.
(Source: MLB.com/Rotoworld)
Rays manager Kevin Cash said Saturday that Tyler Glasnow's velocity in his first couple bullpen sessions this spring has sat at 98.7 mph.
That's over two mph faster than the 96.5 mph that Statcast clocked him at last season. Glasnow has been working on being quicker to the plate in order to help control the running game, and in the process he's experienced a velocity bump and has also been throwing more strikes. "Everybody that has faced him has said that it's not a fun at-bat," Cash said. "Now it's finding that consistency. But we need to give him a little more margin of error given that he's 6-foot-7, 6-foot-8. He's filling up the zone right now." Obviously, we don't want to read too much into how a pitcher looks this early on in camp, but this report is certainly encouraging. Glasnow was already looking like a fine breakout candidate with how he finished last season.
(Source: MLB.com/Rotoworld)
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