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Rock Strongo
My mind spits with an enormous kickback.
not because theyre too fast.
Submariner, 33 years old, from Yaizu, Japan, but get this: His average fastball is 3.5 mph slower than Pedro Florimon's. Pedro Florimon is a utility dude who had to pitch a mop-up inning for the Phillies last week.
Makita's fastball has thus far averaged 80.8 mph. MLB's Gameday application reliably calls it a changeup. He throws a curveball in the mid-50s. It doesn't show up on radar guns. Look at the second pitch here:
After 62 pitches for the Padres this season, your hero Kazuhisa Makita has induced 11 swinging strikes. Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Jordan Hicks -- a 22-year-old phenom whose average fastball is the hardest in the game this season, at 99.7 mph -- has thrown 63 pitches, and he has induced six swinging strikes.
Submariner, 33 years old, from Yaizu, Japan, but get this: His average fastball is 3.5 mph slower than Pedro Florimon's. Pedro Florimon is a utility dude who had to pitch a mop-up inning for the Phillies last week.
Makita's fastball has thus far averaged 80.8 mph. MLB's Gameday application reliably calls it a changeup. He throws a curveball in the mid-50s. It doesn't show up on radar guns. Look at the second pitch here:
After 62 pitches for the Padres this season, your hero Kazuhisa Makita has induced 11 swinging strikes. Meanwhile, in St. Louis, Jordan Hicks -- a 22-year-old phenom whose average fastball is the hardest in the game this season, at 99.7 mph -- has thrown 63 pitches, and he has induced six swinging strikes.