Sentences with phrase «fastball speed»

In the article, Passan highlights the loss in velocity for aces like Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia and Felix Hernandez, while also identifying 13 pitchers who have seen the biggest decline in their average fastball speed (in terms of mph):
I'm sure the fastball speed is down a bit due to the weather, but I'll take this control at 93 over less control at 97.

Not exact matches

Looks like he's varying speed more on his fastball and changeup now.
He changes speeds well — his fastball ranges from 85 to 93 mph — and he throws strikes.
They throw their breaking ball so much that it's almost like their fastball is their off - speed pitch.
In the pros, speed is fetishized by teams and fans alike, the reading on each pitch displayed right alongside the score in the corner of the TV, a CG flame occasionally flaring up when a fastball reaches the high - 90s or low - 100s.
(While his fastball has hit a top speed of 96 mph, it is more often clocked at around 90.)
You never see him out front on an off - speed pitch, as if he was looking for a fastball.
You never see him late on a fastball, as if he was looking off - speed.
Some of his happiest moments are on that bike, alone with his thoughts, slicing through the wind at speeds that rival his fastball.
Astrophysicists using a telescope embedded in Antarctic ice have succeeded in a quest to detect and record the mysterious phenomena known as cosmic neutrinos — nearly massless particles that stream to Earth at the speed of light from outside our solar system, striking the surface in a burst of energy that can be as powerful as a baseball pitcher's fastball.
In everyday photography, a camera flashbulb can «stop time» at about 1/1, 000 of a second — fast enough to freeze the swing of a baseball batter, if not a speeding fastball.
«Our findings suggest that throwing a high percentage of fastballs rather than off - speed pitches puts more stress on the elbow,» says Robert Keller, M.D., chief resident in Henry Ford's Department of Orthopedic Surgery and the study's lead author.
Fastball Directed and written by Jonathan Hock (USA)-- World Premiere, Documentary Since 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed.
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