His first pitch popped the mitt at 94 mph.
Then came another 94 mph fastball, followed by a 95, and consecutive four-seamers each registering 96.
It had been two years since Adam Conley last touched 96 mph with one of his pitches, two years of disappointment and soul searching as a pitcher who once figured prominently in the Marlins’ starting rotation tried to re-discover his past.
“Honestly, I had the worst year of my life on a baseball field,” Conley said of his 2017 downfall. “It’s not even close.”