The achy elbow and its deep bone bruise that he could trace back to 2014 had subsided enough that he could play catch without issue. But not when it came to throwing “with force, with something behind it, with spin on it,” he said.
All around him, he saw the swirl of youth and velocity as the Cardinals overhauled the bullpen and set rookies Jack Flaherty and Austin Gomber loose on the rotation. Many officials within the organization offered him encouragement, and one day, during the stall, he turned to performance specialist Jason Shutt with a question.
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