Danny Duffy Throwing Harder This Spring
5 years agoKansas City Royals starting pitcher Danny Duffy made his spring debut on Sunday, and he welcomed an impressive bit of good news afterward. Duffy was informed by reporters that he was already hitting 93 MPH on his fastball and touched 87 MPH on his slider. That's faster than ever for his slider, and Duffy averaged just 92.4 MPH on his fastball last year, so hitting that number before any spring training work was a shock. If Duffy can stay healthy and carry those numbers over to the regular season, or possibly grow them, he could return to what he was five years ago, when he averaged more than 94 MPH on his fastball and posted a 3.51 ERA.
Source: Jeffrey Flanagan
Source: Jeffrey Flanagan