Nobody in the world has ever thrown a baseball like deGrom at his apex. His combination of fastball velocity, swing-and-miss stuff and pinpoint command led to one of the greatest 90-start stretches in ...

From the beginning of 2018 to the middle of 2021, he was peak Pedro Martinez with a couple of extra mph -- Nolan Ryan's fastball, Steve Carlton's slider, Greg Maddux's precision. Then his arm ...

Kirby, however, is one of only three different pitchers to have done that while also sporting at least a 7.5 K/BB ratio in the same year, joining Greg Maddux ... his four-seam fastball usage ...

Fitts averaged 97.1 m.p.h. with his four-seam fastball, a big jump from 94.5 last season. In addition to touching 2 MPH harder than ... The Sox did well to get Fitts, Greg Weissert, and 23-year ...

Zac Gallen was in the middle of shutting down the Dodgers one night last September when Orel Hershiser, calling the game, made the comparison: he thought the D-backs' young ace was commanding the ...

His fastball velocity has topped out at 95 mph in the bullpen, although Joseph usually works in the 90-93 mph area. He listed off a four-seam, two-seam ... pointing to Greg Maddux as a prime example ...