Washington Nationals’ right-hander Joe Ross was lifted from a July 9th start this past summer with what was described at the time as “triceps tenderness.”
Ross had a noticeable drop in velocity in the start, which the Nationals’ now-former manager acknowledged after the abbreviated outing.
“We saw his velocity was like 89-88,” Dusty Baker told reporters after the game that afternoon, “and then [Pitching Coach] Mike [Maddux] saw something and we decided to take Joe out.