Sentences with phrase «fastball velocity»

His average fastball velocity has been declining for years.

The righty's 97.5 average fastball velocity was the second best in all of baseball among pitchers who threw at least 80 IP in 2017, and with a change - up that's a full 10 mph slower, he's got a devastating strikeout pitch to match it.

Not exact matches

The effective difference in velocity between a fastball and a changeup is infinitesimal in neurological terms, and yet it can utterly disrupt the timing of even the best hitter.

Armed, however, with avicious split - fingered fastball that's as good as ever and the aforementionedhardheadedness — Clemens is a staunch power pitcher the way Strom Thurmondremained a staunch conservative to the grave — Clemens concedes nothing.Whatever velocity he may have lost since his prime years is compensated forwith conviction and command.

«My velocity is pretty much the same as it's always been,» says Van Poppel, who has come up with an overhand curve and a slider to complement a fastball that still reaches 95 mph.

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):

Masterson will get a chance to show he's still got something besides mid-80s fastballs to offer during an eventual rehab assignment, but if his control and velocity are still lost after this break, he might never start for the Sox again.

Young throws his fastball between 85 and 89 mph, which is one of the slowest fastballs in the game, and his velocity needed a boost just to get there.

The perceived velocity made Young's fastball play up, and he had the command to put baseballs where hitters weren't expecting baseballs.

If perceived velocity can get Chris Young and his 85 - mph fastball into the All - Star Game, how is it possible that Van Mil can't hold a job in organized baseball, much less make the majors?

Two years after returning from Tommy John surgery, Darvish's velocity is returning to its former level (averaging near 95 last season), but his fastball is only one of eight different pitches he's said to throw.

But last season he was hampered by a strained elbow ligament that sapped his velocity — his fastball dropped from an average of 94.4 mph to 92.3 — and his ERA jumped from 3.49 to 5.03.