Mark Grote
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Rookie of the Year candidate, Cy Young candidate.
It was great!
But something has been lost, and maybe I missed it.
Did you guys see the velocity go up yesterday?
Because I was hit over the head in spring training about his velocity going up.
Yeah, it actually was.
Did it?
Yeah, it was.
On the four-seam fastballs, it was an average of 92 miles an hour.
And on September 25th of 2025, he threw 44 seamers at 90.7.
Okay.
So those are the numbers from Marquee.
And the reason why I had that is because I wanted to take a picture of the graphic.
But here's the issue.
There's a lot of guys who throw gas and the fastball is too straight.
And then they give up a lot of home runs and they help supply the power to do so because they're throwing it so hard.
I don't think that's what Shota Imanaga did.
I am showing you the fallacy of velocity.
And I think in this case, hopefully it is a work in progress and remains as such.
But...