Is that when he first came up last year he was overthrowing, thus the higher than usual velo in early '09. then he "wore out" and more than seeing a dip in velocity we saw more of a overall "Mushiness" of stuff. Just like RRS when he is a little tired the thing that these lefties lose is not neccisarily velocity on thier fastballs but sharpness of thier breaking balls and deception on their changes.
Now in 2010 Vargas comes up under control, composed, smooth, and refreshed, and what we are seeing is NOT increased velocity of his FB, which he didn't really need. We see a very nice and tight slider, and a VERY impressive and deceptive change, with the swings and misses accompanied. We saw neither of those two pitches at all year last year (IMHO because of the over thrown FB).
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