re: The Yankees are coming

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Now are you really going to argue they don't see high heat as much?

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i have never said this. i said that even with the rise in velocity across baseball, players dont see pitchers like chapman who throw as fast as he does, as consistently as he does, and throw for strikes as consistently as he does to "get used to" his fastball

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They can sit back and totally know what Chapman is going to throw because it is all he can throw.

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and this is no different than at any point in time in his career. relievers are known to have random years where shite happens. i dont think he is the only pitcher being affected by people "getting used to" high heat when there are pitchers who are still having fine seasons who dont even throw their fastballs as hard as he does but throw it at the same rate