Getty
Cubs veteran right-hander Kyle Hendricks has never had the stuff to blow hitters away. Even his rookie season, when he was throwing the hardest he has in his career, his four-seamer averaged 91.2 mph.
“He gets a lot of outs, he’s done it for a long time,” Cubs rookie Hayden Wesneski said. “So, I’ve got to figure out what I’ve got to do to get to his spot.”
Command and execution have been Hendricks’ most important weapons throughout his career, a skillset Wesneski was focussed on sharpening when he was down in Triple-A for two weeks.