Sentences with phrase «time fastballs»

The important thing is to time the fastball and be ready for it when he throws it on the next pitch.

Because even if they miss it by two feet, college hitters being able to time a fastball means the fastball is junk.

Not exact matches

Ohtani hit triple digits with his fastball eight times on Tuesday, including four pitches clocking in at 101 mph.

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.

McCullers just hit Justin Turner with a pitch again, this time in the back, and the Astros» right - hander can not throw a fastball inside with any kind of command whatsoever.

Now, it's only two starts, but his fastball in terms of wSL / C (Fangraphs), sits at 3.37, which is three times the highest rate of his career and nearly a full three point jump over its career value of 0.47.

Having watched him so far, there are times where his fastball / change - up combo look vintage, but his curve is behind.

Says Johnson, «As hard as I throw, I know everyone sits on my fastball and tries to time it.

The Dodgers ordered him to throw fastballs 80 % of the time at rookie league Great Falls.

Tom Seaver, who said, «I've spent six weeks wondering where my fastball was,» found it against the Reds, striking out 10 batters for the 60th time in his career and winning 8 - 0 with a five - hitter.

Yes, pitchers are generally garbage hitters, but that's against 95 mile per hour fastballs and curves that buckle the knees and change - ups that throw your timing off.

On June 27, those fastballs will allow everyone in the stadium to travel through time and listen to ZZ Top.

He made a biting sinker the centerpiece of his repertoire, throwing it 61 percent of the time and scaling back his four - seam fastball usage dramatically.

I guarantee you that striking Harper out with a 97 - mph fastball would have felt about six million times better than hitting him in the thigh.

Stanton is just off with his timing, a 93 mph fastball is going LONG ways in no time.

Most of the great fastball pitchers were wild at some time in their careers.

Both still possess fastballs that average around 89 miles per hour and sliders they throw roughly a quarter of the time, both of which they throw for strikes.

Shohei Ohtani, fooled by left - handed changeups in earlier at - bats, was really late on a 98 - mph fastball from right - hander Joe Kelly and strikes out for the third time tonight.

In the 400 milliseconds it takes a professionally thrown fastball to reach the plate, the batter has to budget time for locating the baseball, identifying its spin, deciding whether and where to swing, and actually whipping the bat around to the right spot.

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.

Researchers suggest that throwing fastballs nearly half of the time puts pitchers at risk of injury to their elbow.

Born: Winchester, Massachusetts, 1982 Current Weight: 196 lb Height: 6 «1» Pitches: 95 - MPH fastball Diet: Drinks 15 glasses of water a day and eats 6 - to - 7 times a day Status: Had elbow surgery this week - expected to return to baseball next season

At the bottom of the screen is a meter, pressing R2 will deplete the meter, but slow down time, letting you crush that high fastball or strike out Miguel Cabrera with a nasty slider.

And it is far better to take the extra time of strapping them to your wrist than to deal with throwing a fastball straight into your widescreen TV.

The next time up it won't be a hanging curve, but a fastball to the head.

Time for some fastballs.