Baseball's "existential crisis": Why pitchers are becoming more unhittable than ever
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An arm like Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan's used to come along maybe once a generation. But these days, it feels more like once a game.
"Now it's like, 'Ho-hum.' Every night of the week, somebody's throwing 100 [miles per hour]," said Tom Verducci, the senior baseball writer for Sports Illustrated and an analyst for MLB Network. "Pitchers are definitely throwing harder, and more of them are throwing what I call elite velocity; I'm talking about 95 and above." Pitchers are throwing harder than ever, and hitters just can't keep up.More Related News