Jeff Atwood on Nostr: ".. according to the stat-tracking website FanGraphs, the average fastball in Major ...

".. according to the stat-tracking website FanGraphs, the average fastball in Major League Baseball was about 89 mph in 2002. A decade later, it had jumped to 91.6 mph. In 2022, it was 93.6 mph. Last year, the Minnesota Twins reliever Jhoan Duran led the MLB with an average fastball velocity of 101.8 mph." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/are-pitchers-pitching-too-hard/678010/