Tuesday was an important step forward for injured Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Michael Soroka. In throwing a live BP session before the Cubs' 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves, Soroka's velocity returned to the mid-90s. Of course, it was a dip in velocity before the trade that suggested the Cubs traded for damaged goods, but Soroka believes he is back where he needs to be.
“Sometimes that’s the funny thing about velocity is you can’t necessarily always feel what that number on the gun is,” Soroka said. “That’s kind of the weird part about the last month before I came here, was it still felt fairly similar.