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Dana Eveland's sinker: One reason why the Rays released James Loney

It has a LOT of run.

It was easy to miss.

Dana Eveland's arm slot and ESPN's offset camera angle combined to minimize its visibility in the broadcast, and we were all busy complaining about how terrible Logan Morrison's "James Loney at first base impression" was. But the run on Eveland's sinker was absurd.

Yes, those pitches are literally "off the chart."

The average velocity on Eveland's seven sinkers was 91 mph, the average vertical break was 1.3 inches, and the average horizontal break was 14.2 inches.

For comparison, among pitchers with more than 30 innings pitched last season, the highest average run on a two-seam fastball was Aaron Loup at 12.