The two-hour marathon. In baseball, is the 110 mph fastball the next big number to fall? What actually is the upper limit when it comes to professional pitchers throwing their fastest pitches?

"All I think about is getting as much behind the fastball as I can to get the ball to get that carry effect," Cote said. "I throw pretty hard. When I throw it up in the zone, it’s not easy for ...

It worked out really well for us.” Bello’s four-seam fastball was nasty once he began throwing it again. Opponents went 3-for-25 (.120) with a .200 on-base percentage, .160 slugging percentage and ...

There were 125 pitchers — nearly double the 2018 total of 64 — with a four-seam fastball averaging at least 96 mph. “I do think if you don’t throw as hard, it takes you longer to get to ...

If a pitcher throws at or below the league-average four-seam fastball velocity, on average, they are giving up above-average production on those four-seamers. If they throw 95+ mph (which is above ...

Hitting a fastball may be the hardest skill to master ... wide standard operating procedure against Texas: When in trouble, throw the heater. It all wasted a completely fine outing by Max Scherzer ...

If it seems like just about every pitcher has more than one fastball, that’s because, well, they sort of do. The Brewers’ 40-man roster contains as many pitchers who throw three different ...

The Ole Miss transfer has gotten 60 strikeouts with his fastball, a seemingly invisible pitch that hitters can't handle. Doyle didn’t throw his fastball like this when he came to college.