Introduces curveball Heaney allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over five scoreless innings in Tuesday's spring start against the Guarians. Impact Heaney busted out a curveball, throwing it four times, three for strikes, per Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. Tuesday marked the first time he's thrown the curve in game conditions since 2021 when he scrapped it favor of a slider. The left-hander plans to use both breaking pitches this season. Whichever pitch he throws, he'll need to land them in the zone with more regularity than he did in 2023. Heaney's BB% jumped from 6.1 in 2022 to 9.4 in 2023, while his K% dropped from 35.5 to 23.6.
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