Thursday’s Indians game against the Astros was NOT dull.
Let’s break this recap into two chapters.
We all were excited about Salazar’s start tonight. It was his first appearance on the mound for the big Tribe since September 2017. Who doesn’t fondly recall Salazar absolutely lighting up the radar gun as a rookie in 2013`, throwing blazing fastball after fastball? Just electric stuff. Salazar lived in the upper 90s and touched 100 mph plenty those days and put up FIPs of 3.16, 3.52, 3.62, 3.74, and 3,48. His ceiling seemed limitless.
Reports from Salazar’s rehab starts were that his velocity was down some, with fastballs in the low 90’s.