Justin Verlander is one of the few pitchers to have performed during the entire pitch-tracking era of Major League Baseball. He broke into the big leagues in 2005, which is well before Statcast ...

Triple-digit fastballs, once rare, are now a regular feature in MLB, with 35 pitchers already hitting 100 mph early in the 2026 season. Advances in technology, biomechanics, and training have fueled ...

There’s a kernel of truth in here, and Salmon may genuinely believe it. But Salmon’s argument takes a fact—velocity measurements are now measured out of the hand—and stretches it to a point where that ...

Baseball games today, particularly from a pitching perspective, emphasize velocity more than the duration pitchers stay in the game. In earlier baseball eras, pitchers were expected to cover more ...

More pitchers are adding weapons to their arsenal, leaving hitters confused in an era already defined by high velocity and tunneling. Welcome to Verducci’s View, a new weekly baseball newsletter from ...

57 pitches. 100mph. History rewritten in one afternoon.

AS A SOPHOMORE in high school, Bubba Chandler set a goal. Chandler was a three-sport athlete: star quarterback, varsity basketball starter as a freshman, pitcher on the baseball team -- and a scratch ...