Mike Foltynewicz took the mound in St Petersburgh Monday night hoping to regain the form he showed in the last 10 starts of the 2019 season for the Atlanta Braves. Instead, he served up three gopher balls, back-to-back homers to Hunter Renfroe and Joey Wendell, and left the games after surrendering six runs in 3 1/3 innings.
Rumors circulated in the spring that Foltynewicz's velocity was down, and there was no sign of it returning during summer camp. In the last game against the Marlins, his best heater touched slightly over 91mph.