Keynan Middleton began his rehab assignment today

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[Taylor]

Getting Middleton and Heaney 3.0 back will be like making two midseason big splashes.

[UndertheHalo]

Middleton coming back and picking up where left off would be huge.  This is great news. 

[DMVol]

10 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Middleton coming back and picking up where left off would be huge.  This is great news. 

Pretty tough to do....just takes awhile...

[Blarg]

Does his hair still look like a pile of flaming hot Cheetos?

[Docwaukee]

7 pitches.  all strikes.  k'd 2 and got a flyout.  

[Lou]

How hard is he throwing?

[Docwaukee]

Just now, Lou said:

How hard is he throwing?

pretty hard.  

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

pretty hard.  

I like pretty

[Glen]

14 hours ago, rafibomb said:

 

 

A pen with Buttery, Robles, and Middleton all performing well would be effin' solid. 

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, Glen said:

A pen with Buttery, Robles, and Middleton all performing well would be effin' solid. 

[Tank]

if they both come back, that could spell the end for cahill and Harvey, which wouldn't be terrible.

[ScottT]

Nobody thought Cahill and Harvey would be even close to this bad. Shit happens

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[Slegnaac]

On 7/6/2019 at 9:35 AM, Lou said:

How hard is he throwing?

On a scale of Ugly to Nasty, Pretty hard.

[rafibomb]

Middleton tonight

1.0 IP

0 BB

0 H

2 SO

16 pitches - 11 strikes

 

[Troll Daddy]

Middleton will be our closer next season   

[IIIII]

Holy crap he apparently topped out at 94. He was at 99-100 last year, that’s a massive drop in velo. Please please please tell me he was just taking it easy in his first start, that would be really shitty if it’s true moving forward.

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10 minutes ago, IIIII said:

Holy crap he apparently topped out at 94. He was at 99-100 last year, that’s a massive drop in velo. Please please please tell me he was just taking it easy in his first start, that would be really shitty if it’s true moving forward.

I'm sure he's slowly getting there and ramping it up. He should be sitting at around 95-97 once he comes back (especially with the adrenaline of being back with the major league team) which is more than enough velo to be successful. What's most important is his command and so far so good on that front. In his first appearance he threw 7 pitches all for strikes with no walks. His second appearance today he throw 16 pitches with 11 being strikes and no walks again.

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[Jay]

I guess the #WeNasty hashtag is officially obsolete.

[rageous]

Having a third reliable guy in the bullpen will be huge.

it will push Noe and Cam down the line and minimize their blowups.

[rafibomb]

 

 

19 pitches, 14 strikes and his fastball topped out at 94 his last outing so a steady increase in velocity.

[Lou]

How many games has Middleton pitched this year?