Even working with his diminished velocity, Stephen Strasburg pitched well down the stretch late last season, after he returned from his second stint on the Disabled (now Injured) List.
“Because he didn’t have his velo, he actually pitched, and he really felt like, ‘I can get guys out without having to throw 97 MPH,’ which was kind of nice, so in his mind, he feels really good about that,” manager Davey Martinez told reporters as the 2018 campaign wound down.
“It hasn’t quite been what I’m accustomed to,” Strasburg told MLB.com at the end of the season.