The Red Sox are facing the Orioles with a lineup mainly filled with young, aspiring players and only veteran Alex Bregman traveling for support. An exciting element of the game is 25-year-old pitcher Hunter Dobbins, who recently showed promise with a 2.61 ERA in Worcester. Observers are particularly interested in Dobbins' fastball velocity, which saw an uptick in spring training. This trend of increased pitching velocity has been noted among Red Sox pitchers, indicating a potential new strategy or improvement.
There's a kid on the mound, too: Hunter Dobbins, the Texas fireballer who put up a 2.61 ERA in four starts with Worcester after being promoted at the end of the 2024 season.
But he's got a big arsenal and I've always thought of him as the type of guy who could quietly find his way into the big leagues and then stay there for the next decade as a solid rotation piece.
Keep an eye on his velocity today. His fastball mostly sat in the mid-90s last year, but he showed some increased zip in his first spring outing.
As Richard Fitts showed us recently, increased zip has become something of a theme amongst Sox pitchers this spring.
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