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Shohei Ohtani, meanwhile, is still being slow-played in his pitching program — remaining limited to weekly bullpen sessions, and not yet cleared to use his full pitch mix or throw at top velocity.

“I used to just throw a bunch of weighted balls,” Glasnow said Monday, something he believes helped increase his pitching velocities but also coincided with when his elbow started “not feeling great.”

He opened this year throwing harder than he did in 2024, his average fastball velocity nearly 97 mph.

The title, pulled from the pastime’s rich glossary, refers to an arced throw of such deliberately underwhelming velocity that it confounds the batter.

It shows the direction of the earthy movement — west, toward the coast — as well as the velocity, as much as 4 inches per week.