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Brooks and MLB.com's GameTracker had Pineda throwing 93-96, which is down about 1.5 mph. But Fangraphs still has his yearly velocity at exactly the same 96.0.
Pineda's action was smoother to me, and the ROOT readings were 94-96, but will admit that I might have been deceived about the actual velocity (by the readings and the arm action).
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Op-ed above is based on the idea that Pineda traded some velocity for (even more) location. If he were simply acquiring more location and still throwing 95-99 on the fast gun... take the op-ed and square it.
The kid's amazing. Never seen anybody exactly like him.
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