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I watched the Gameday data carefully for both Lueke and Wilhelmsen in the Arizona Fall League, since they were both players I was interested in.
There (in Arizona) they both were hitting 94-96 most of the time.
In Oakland, Wilhelmsen was 96 right off the bat, and Fister was even throwing 89-91 on the Oakland gun.
But Lueke maxed out at 93 and was 91-92 on most pitches. That, plus not showing the control that he showed the entire calendar year of 2010, has me a little concerned that something isn't right.
Lueke is not a relief ace if he is only 1 mph harder than Fister. But that's not the Lueke we saw last year.