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What a comeback. Thank you Tony Pena. The guy was lighting it up in the offseason for TP's team and he got him the invite to spring training. Great scouting and at a low cost between him and Garcia.
Nice article. Notice, no HGH used; just his own stem cells. This could really be huge in reviving careers. I guess we will see at the end of the season how well Bartolo held up. So far the fastball has alot of life and his performance is even more than we would have expected.
Nice article. Notice, no HGH used; just his own stem cells. This could really be huge in reviving careers. I guess we will see at the end of the season how well Bartolo held up. So far the fastball has alot of life and his performance is even more than we would have expected.
Now, I know that it seems natural to think that Colon’s jump in called strikes could be due to this huge velocity spike he’s gotten since undergoing the surgery, but there’s only one problem – he hasn’t actually gotten a huge velocity spike. Despite all the talks about a “95 MPH fastball”, Colon’s average fastball speed this year is 91.7 MPH, essentially the same as it was in 2008 with the Red Sox. Sure, he’s hit 95 from time to time this year, but he’s always done that; his normal velocity is in the low-90s, though, just as it has been for most of his career.
That doesn’t mean the surgeon is a fraud or that this technique won’t prove valuable in the long run. For one thing, Colon hasn’t broken down yet, so that’s new and different from previous years. If he manages to stay healthy all season, I’d imagine this won’t be the last time this surgery is performed, and we’ll eventually get a better idea of just how effective putting stem cells into a pitcher’s elbow can be. We just need to avoid getting caught up in the story of how this surgery has turned Colon into a frontline pitcher, because there’s a lot of evidence to say that, at the end of the day, he’s not that much different now than he was a few years ago.
I don't know where you found his average speed for pitches but when I have watched the games he was still hitting 95 in the eighth and 9th and i've been seeing him hit 96 and 97 regularly throughout EVERY game.
I don't know where you found his average speed for pitches but when I have watched the games he was still hitting 95 in the eighth and 9th and i've been seeing him hit 96 and 97 regularly throughout EVERY game.
I assume that you meant to address this question to the author of the article that I linked to, Dave Cameron.
There are a few websites where this information is freely available.
Well considering we don't normally play San diego, I guess this shouldn't be an issue. On our nationally televised games that weren't on YES, he was throwing the same speeds. So you can doubt it all you want, he's still throwing 95-97 top speed.
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