* Throwing more off-speed stuff can reduce velocity off the fastball
* He needs to long-toss more and throw every day to maintain arm strength, and Timmy may have gotten away from this for any number of reasons
* In response to the idea that he needs to keep closer touch with Timmy: Rags is doing a great job, and nobody wants a player's dad interjecting himself into the organization's way of handling said player. Also, he wants his kids to be independent of him as they grow up.