up until recently i had assumed that beckett just had a bad year due to injury and he would bounce back next year. afterall, he did have a lingering injury and his era, whip, hit rate and walk rate all appear to be major statistical outliers compared to the rest of his career. but i read something on rotoworld that made me think a little
i looked up his average fastball velocities the last few years, and there is a downward trend, although it is rather minor
2007 - 94.4 mph
2008 - 94.0 mph
2009 - 93.9 mph
2010 - 93.7 mph
so i'll ask you guys. do you expect beckett to have a bounc-eback season next year or do you expect him to continue to struggle?