Let’s examine the fastest pitch ever, during the 2024 season and look at the all-time history. Fastest pitch ever. Aroldis Chapman – 105.8 mph – Sep. 24, 2010; Aroldis Chapman – 105.7 mph ...

Pick a problem, or a perceived problem, in baseball, and it can probably be traced back, directly or indirectly, to the rise of velocity as the sport’s ultimate weapon.

From “A.G.” (10/09): “Thanks for writing up the 2009 Velocity line of gloves with integrated Knox SPS. This review is very important to me as I have suffered through a scaphoid fracture. It isn’t a ...

Therefore, a velocity factor should be used in the pitch line when velocity exceeds the test speed. Continuous lubrication can increase the allowable stress by a factor of at least 1.5.

With ‘another gear’ to his velocity, ... became the 10th pitcher in MLB history such a dubious pitching line. ... allowing the hitter to get a better look at what pitch might be coming.

They’re going to get the same answers and it’s not the pitch clock, as players union chief Tony Clark put out there to much agreement from a lot of the pitchers who all hate the clock.

In looking at individual cases of command-first success stories, D-backs ace Zac Gallen is an example of a prospect who threw in the low 90s as an amateur but has since added velocity and ...

Throwing a blur of a pitch is one of the most impressive things a baseball player can do — and in positive news for anyone who likes a good fastball, pitching velocity is up. The 2022 MLB season ...

Jansen rode that pitch to a 2.08 ERA over his first 477 innings, one of the best relief stretches in this sport’s history. As the pitch has cut less and traveled slower, his results have waned ...

Now that the draft is complete, I will shift gears and dig into some data on recent draftees. ... Even at that velocity, It’s an excellent pitch, and any velocity gains would make it plus or better.

When I took pitch location out of the model, the pitchers’ effects on batted ball velocities fell by 20 percent on average. 8 Ventura, the Royals’ young flamethrower, is a conspicuous member ...