{"id":39734,"date":"2025-03-09T02:29:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T02:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39734"},"modified":"2025-03-09T02:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T02:29:56","slug":"reynaldo-lopez-felt-fine-during-fridays-start-despite-lower-velocity-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39734","title":{"rendered":"Reynaldo Lopez \u201cfelt fine\u201d during Friday\u2019s start despite lower velocity early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\">Lopez was sitting 3-4mph slower on his fastball in the early going, but he ramped it up later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pT5LlK\">Reynaldo Lopez\u2019s velocity was down in the early innings of Friday afternoon\u2019s Grapefruit League exhibition, but the veteran righty did not appear to be concerned when discussing the start with the media on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reynaldo Lopez said he felt fine during yesterday&#39;s outing. His focus was his fastball, which accounted for 49 of his 57 pitches. Avg. velo was 93, but third-to-last FB was 94.8. This is the dead arm period and a time to work on command\/movement. His velo wasn&#39;t a concern.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mlbbowman\/status\/1898389891865604099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"g1NC5P\">As noted, Lopez\u2019s fastball was routinely in the low 90s to begin the exhibition but got into the usual 94-95 range in the third and fourth innings. It appears Lopez was focusing almost exclusively on his fastball \u2014 which is not uncommon for pitchers at this point in the spring \u2014 and may have been toying with velocities to work on command and location.<\/p>\n<div id=\"U8yIC3\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1898086170677907851&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.batterypower.com%2F2025%2F3%2F8%2F24380716%2Freynaldo-lopez-braves-rotation-injury-velocity&amp;sessionId=d3d4634af8e65e4adbfd685b978710f031427061&amp;siteScreenName=BatteryPowerSBN&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1898086170677907851\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"b88MlD\">Lopez was hit hard by Minnesota\u2019s lineup, although when a fastball is coming nearly every time, big league hitters aren\u2019t going to miss it often.<\/p>\n<p id=\"EoXxkP\">Earlier in the spring, Lopez made a start where he threw very few fastballs and used off-speed pitches almost exclusively. It might just be the way he prefers to get ready for the season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"U3W5OU\">Lopez will likely make three more warmup starts before the regular season begins in San Diego. Assuming everything checks out, look for him to start the second or third game of the season for the Braves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lopez was sitting 3-4mph slower on his fastball in the early going, but he ramped it up later in the afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reynaldo Lopez \u201cfelt fine\u201d during Friday\u2019s start despite lower velocity early - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39734\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reynaldo Lopez \u201cfelt fine\u201d during Friday\u2019s start despite lower velocity early - 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