Boxscore Breakdown #35: Full release – Angels 3, Orioles 1

Jered Weaver did it again. By that I mean pitched well, but also kept his velocity trending every so slowly upwards. He came in just a hair shy of breaching the 86 MPH velocity average on his fastball.

However, he also didn’t maintain the different release point from his previous strong start. That’s discouraging because it seemed as if it was the missing piece to make his game work. It is, however, also encouraging because he was able to succeed in spite of that.

Angels 3, Orioles 1

Run Expectancy Rundown
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Starting Pitcher Scores
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Bullpen Battle
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Game Flow
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Halo Hero

Sorry we ever doubted you, Jered. I’m just going to go ahead and pre-apologize for when we doubt you again next year too.