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Qualls still working to bounce back from illness
- Updated: August 30, 2016
DENVER — Since coming off the 15-day disabled list with colitis, Rockies right-hander Chad Qualls has had to cope with pitching at a lower weight with less velocity.
Qualls, 38, missed over a month and dropped from 250 pounds to 236 pounds, although he’s put about five more pounds on. As a result of the lost strength, his fastball velocity has dropped from 91.4 mph to 90.1 mph in his three games since coming off the DL.
“I keep telling myself that I’m the same person, but my fastball’s down a little bit and my slider is down a little bit,” Qualls said. “At this point in the season, it’s kind of hard to build that strength back up, so I’m just trying to maintain where I’m at right now and try to locate and keep the ball down in the zone and get ground balls.”
Qualls has had mixed results, and his 10.13 ERA in three appearances is inflated by one in which he allowed three runs on …
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