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re: Average fastball velos since 2008
Posted on 4/17/26 at 3:07 pm to RidiculousHype
Posted on 4/17/26 at 3:07 pm to RidiculousHype
Idk if that one counts.
He tugged the shite out of that breaking ball and his wrist probably immediately gave away that it was a breaking ball.
Idk if it’s near the same level as the other overlay posted.
He tugged the shite out of that breaking ball and his wrist probably immediately gave away that it was a breaking ball.
Idk if it’s near the same level as the other overlay posted.
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Posted on 4/17/26 at 3:54 pm to PP7 for heisman
Would love to see what JR Richard's stuff was today.
Posted on 4/17/26 at 4:14 pm to WestCoastAg
Insanely impressive
Posted on 4/17/26 at 4:26 pm to WestCoastAg
Guys these days are throwing 90mph off-speed pitches. 
Posted on 4/17/26 at 4:29 pm to ReauxlTide222
Guys
The whole idea of those videos is to show it’s really hard to know what pitch is coming when the clip pauses
In the Nolan Ryan one, it just freezes when the balls overlap. But it’s not hard to identify the pitch before that point.
The whole idea of those videos is to show it’s really hard to know what pitch is coming when the clip pauses
In the Nolan Ryan one, it just freezes when the balls overlap. But it’s not hard to identify the pitch before that point.
Posted on 4/17/26 at 4:31 pm to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 4/17/26 at 11:23 pm to PP7 for heisman
I got paid to throw a baseball. The technology today is insane. I'm so, so jealous of what these dudes have access, to.
Last couple years I've gone down this road with a buddy who owns a facility with the new tech.
Pedro in the early 2000s throwing 95-97 and making dudes look like shite?.
Tech today ramps that up, 3-4 mph. For every dude pumping 100 today, it's likely a 96ish Fastball in the 2001-20018 era.
The stories of Bobby Jenks hitting 104 on jugs guns In Today's world would have Bobby Jenks shooting rockets out his arse, which he would do, because he was a funny guy. RIP, Bobby...we miss you...
Last couple years I've gone down this road with a buddy who owns a facility with the new tech.
Pedro in the early 2000s throwing 95-97 and making dudes look like shite?.
Tech today ramps that up, 3-4 mph. For every dude pumping 100 today, it's likely a 96ish Fastball in the 2001-20018 era.
The stories of Bobby Jenks hitting 104 on jugs guns In Today's world would have Bobby Jenks shooting rockets out his arse, which he would do, because he was a funny guy. RIP, Bobby...we miss you...
This post was edited on 4/17/26 at 11:25 pm
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:34 am to WestCoastAg
No one changes speeds anymore. It’s all about 100 mph two and four seam fastballs. That’s the modern game in a nutshell.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 9:35 am to Paul Allen
Posted on 4/18/26 at 1:17 pm to lsufball19
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you mean like the people who think Nolan Ryan's fastball was actually 108 mph?
The same people that think Mickey Mantle hit balls 600 feet even though since Statcast, nobody has come anywhere close to that.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 1:18 pm to Paul Allen
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No one changes speeds anymore. It’s all about 100 mph two and four seam fastballs. That’s the modern game in a nutshell.
Well, that’s just not true.
Posted on 4/18/26 at 1:22 pm to WestCoastAg
That two seamer is incredible. How tf do you hit that?
Posted on 4/18/26 at 3:29 pm to CatfishJohn
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If Aroldis Chapman through a heater in the 1960s, they would've re-segregated baseball.
The internet doesn't audibly chuckle much but this one got me pretty good..
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:20 am to Paul Allen
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No one changes speeds anymore. It’s all about 100 mph two and four seam fastballs. That’s the modern game in a nutshell.
how fricking stupid are you? seriously....how bad are your critical thinking skills?
is it really that hard to actually watch games or at least look at percentage of pitches used? I mean you sound exactly like john smoltz....a fricking idiot.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:12 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
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pitchers threw just as hard in the 60s
I subscribe to that belief.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:18 am to ljhog
Why?
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:30 am to Paul Allen
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No one changes speeds anymore. It’s all about 100 mph two and four seam fastballs. That’s the modern game in a nutshell.
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If tweet fails to load, click here.Posted on 4/20/26 at 5:39 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Yeah, hard to compare timeframes and eras based on different technologies to measure.
Exactly and that's an incredibly meteoric rise in velocity over that time period and I would love to see how it compares to other tangible athletic metrics (40 time, vertical jump,etc)
Where exactly are these improvements in velocity coming from in a relatively short period of time? Is it just through advanced training techniques? The pharmacy? Genetics?
It's somewhat freakish if these velo numbers are legitimate.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:13 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:18 pm to ljhog
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I subscribe to that belief.
Players that played in the 90s and 00s say pitching is better now than when they played. And it was better in the 90s than it was in the 60s. It’s harder to hit now, that’s just a fact.
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