fastball velocity Stories - Amazin' Avenue
An Early Look At Frankie
By any measure, Francisco "don't call him K-Rod because that's a stupid nickname" Rodriguez has been stellar in this young season. Just take a look at what the various pitching metrics tell us about Frankie after 5.2 IP: tRAFIPxFIPERA 0.30 1.08 2.96 0.00 His K/9 of 14.29 and BB/9 of...
Dave Bush's Gas Tank
Josh ("dixieflatline") looked at Dave Bush's fatigue and quick dropoff in fastball velocity last season, and we know how quickly things can go bad for him late in his starts. We have spent lots of time looking for trends and patterns that might give us a clue as to when he is about to implode....
Lighting up the Radar Gun
On Thursday we all saw Clayton Kershaw throwing gas, hitting 97 MPH multiple times during the game. Its pretty rare for anyone to throw 97, let alone a left handed starting pitcher. Commenter silverwidow pointed out in the gamethread that Kershaw might be the hardest throwing lefty in the major...
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