When LA Angels pitcher JC Ramirez got on the mound for the first time in 14 months on May 30th for the Inland Empire 66ers he was excited to finally be back. He pitched just 1.2 innings and gave up three runs including two home runs. Ramirez was happy to be back, but the one thing that was missing was his velocity, which commonly reached between 95 and 97 before the surgery. On this first appearance he was throwing 88 to 91 MPH.
Maybe it was a case of first game jitters, or just not being quite in sync after such a long lay off.