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Blue Jays' Roberto Osuna: Rough outing not worrying Jays

Osuna allowed five runs (four earned) without registering an out in Team Mexico's World Baseball Classic loss Thursday, but Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said coaches who watched were not concerned with his stuff and velocity, Mike Wilner of Sportsnet reports.

Analysis:

Osuna has been tinkering with ways to add velocity to his fastball this spring, so perhaps that was baked into his collapse. The reliever was sitting around 96 mph last season with his four-seam heat, so he already has plenty of life on his fastball. The WBC setback may give the impression of a negative regression after he posted a 2.68 ERA and other excellent stats in 2016, but it's likely the outing was just a blip on his way to another year as a top-10 fantasy closer.

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