The Padres closer has thrown fastballs more than 90% of the time this season. Why has his frequently seen four-seamer been so unhittable?
SAN DIEGO — spent seven seasons crouching behind home plate for , and other pitchers with rare arms and uncommon velocity, but in his first season with the , the veteran catcher has found himself marveling at what feels like a true anomaly. , San Diego’s , is spamming high heat like no other pitcher in the majors. His combined fastball usage has jumped almost 30 percentage points from last season. He has gone to his four-seamer, which averages 98.5 mph, just over 80 percent of the time.
” Higashioka played six seasons with Chapman, who still holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest major-league pitch, a 105.8 mph ball thrown to Tony Gwynn Jr. at Petco Park in 2010. “He’s pretty high-effort,” Higashioka said. “You could tell he was using every ounce of his strength to get everything behind it.” Suarez, meanwhile, possesses what approaches the textbook definition of “easy gas.” “Sometimes,” said Padres starting catcher , “it almost teleports into my glove.
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