Hendricks throws some of the absolute slowest pitches in the major leagues, and his curveball is his absolute slowest, clocking in at an average velocity of 71.4 mph in 2019. It topped out at 77.8 mph in 2015, but lost 5.6 mph between 2015 and 2017, and kept dropping every year since. While there may be an eventual floor to Hendricks’ pitch speed, he posted the second best season of his career in 2019 with a 4.1 WAR.
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Blurb written by Ryan Smythe