Weems wrote:There were articles during the season and responses to that very article indicating that he developed a 2-seamer from Venters to induce more contact and ground balls at the expense of velocity and strikeouts. The velocity doesn't worry me as much as him just being ridiculously overrated. His health is concerning too.
people have also looked at pitchfx data and there's nothing to suggest that his fastball has gained any two seam movement. A velocity drop with a 25 year old should be terrifying anybody, some of the danger signs we see with Jurjjens we also saw them with guys like Kazmir, AA needs to stay the hell away and pray that NY or BOS shows interest in him.
