Austin Romine didn’t need to look at the radar gun reading on the scoreboard Thursday night to know Aroldis Chapman’s velocity was down again.
Instead of triple digits, Chapman was throwing from 94-96 mph while issuing walks to Robinson Chirinos and Willie Calhoun.
“You can definitely tell when it’s down five [mph],’’ Romine said before the Yankees lost 12-7 to the Rangers in The Bronx on Friday. “It didn’t have the normal heat.”
Still, Romine did glance to see just how hard — or not — Chapman was throwing. And even though the catcher knows Chapman’s stuff is not where it typically is, he doesn’t have any answers.