I'm not sure how you can say that about his fastball? Without looking up his average fastball velocity vs last year, I would say it has just as much life on it and probably more. His fastball has always been straight so its not a matter of losing any movement. I think its simply of factor of not locating the fastball as well, and really not being able to throw his curveball and slider for strikes. A lot of times last year, he set up his better located fastball with his off speed stuff, thus more "blowing away" hitters. I know he hasn't been getting his big curve over for strikes much, but to me it seems he has almost abandoned his slider on top of that. Bad combo, but I think he will turn it around.