With Velocity Down_ Twins Starter Bailey Ober Working on Mechanical Fixes
- Bailey Ober has a 2.85 earned-run average this season, allowing three earned runs or less in all but one start.
- Bailey Ober noticed a drop in his four-seam fastball velocity from 91.7 mph to 90.4 mph this season.
- The Minnesota Twins claimed Joey Wentz off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates, expecting him to join the team for Thursday’s game.
- To accommodate Wentz, the Twins placed Pablo Lopez on the 60-day injured list due to a shoulder injury that will sideline him for 8 to 12 weeks.
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With velocity down_ Twins starter Bailey Ober working on mechanical fixes
Take away his first start of the season, one during which Bailey Ober was pitching through an illness, and by and large, the starter has been decent this season. He has a 2.85 earned-run average since that point and has given up three earned runs or less in every start but his last. But behind the scenes, Ober has felt mechanically off for parts of the season, something that he noted during spring training and again after his last two starts whe…

With velocity down, Twins starter Bailey Ober working on mechanical fixes
Bailey Ober's velocity has been notably down in his past couple starts.
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