Throughout yesterday’s radio broadcast, Dave Flemming remarked upon the Jordan Hicks’ diminished velocity. Indeed, for the game, his sinker was down 3 mph from his season average, his sweeper down 2 mph, and his 4-seamer and splitter down around 1.5 mph. That was on top of a hefty drop in pitch spin rates for all four pitches. A looming injury? After the game, San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin made a counterproposal that Hicks was having an off day:
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