Tyler Mahle worked four innings and gave up two runs Saturday in a loss to the Yankees.
Mahle struck out five. His velocity has been holding steady at last year’s level since the beginning of the spring. We were hoping he might be a little stronger — the 92.0 mph he averaged last year was down about two mph from when he did his best work in Cincinnati — but he was, of course, very successful when healthy last season, and he’s in a nice ballpark for covering up his main weakness, the home run ball. He’ll take on the Mets next week.
