Madison Bumgarner sitting at 84, 85 mph

[realmofotalk]

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Unfortunately for Bumgarner, those were the highlights of his day. You’ll read more about this in my notebook, but his velocity was just 86-89 mph – I even saw one 84 and a couple 85s – and he had no clue where it was going. He walked four of the 11 batters he faced and also gave up three hits.

It’s early and everyone is giving Bumgarner the benefit of the doubt. His stuff moves and he can be very effective throwing 88 mph. But another outing or two like this and it’ll be awfully hard to see him making the club.

He was crazy good last year even without his mid-90's heater, but crafty instead of nasty wasn't what the Giants bargained for.

[redsrbetter]

Any clue what is going on here? I never saw this coming with him. I know he throws across his body and all, perhaps he is having arm problems? Maybe he is refining his mechanics in order to steer clear of the injury bug? I hope there is a reason for this. Bumgarner is a huge part of the Giants future.

[realmofotalk]

Doesn't every pitcher pretty much throws across his body? How else is the throwing arm supposed to follow through?

[smithlanger]

sounds good to me