Roki Sasaki injury -update may have just confirmed that the worst fears of the Dodgers fans have confirmed

Roki Sasaki's declining fasting speed was a problem in which the fans of Los Angeles Dodgers were already afraid that they were worst because they had signed. Now it seems that these fears can become reality.

According to a report by Fabian Ardaya von The sporty, Sasaki reported some arm pain after his last start. Manager Dave Roberts said the Dodgers still “sort” whether this requires a stay on the injured list, but either way it doesn't sound good.

Sasaki has eight starts in his MLB career a 4.72 ERA with an alarming high 22 walks. What optimists hoped only “growing pain”, since the 23-year-old adapts to life in the majors, a different kind of pain can actually be-and not the way that can be remedied in the minor with a conditioning stay.

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The decline in the fast ball speed of Sasaki was impossible to ignore. During the Dodgers season in Japan, he touched 100 miles per hour, but since then he has fallen into the low 90s. Sasaki fought command in his first mast League appearances, but even mechanical adjustments should not cause waste The steep.

Sasaki's three -digit Fastball was his business card in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. According to Baseball Savant, he throws more than 50% of the time to his four -seater. It is still an average of 96 miles per hour, which, according to the Statast, lies in the 80th percentile among qualified large Leaguers, but it does not look like the Flame-Throwing superstar, who entered the season as a number 1 perspective in baseball.

Sasaki last thrown against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday and could not take a strike. He allowed five runs with five runs with five goals and two walks and threw 61 pitches over four innings. After the game that the Dodgers have won in a miracle way, 14-11-so Sasaki, he was still in the process of finding out the “basic cause” of the break-in of its speed. Unfortunately, this basic cause can be more than a simple crisis of trust.

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