The Best Fastballs in St. Louis

Jul 7 2020 by Viva El Birdos

 
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Jordan Hicks may throw the hardest, but there are plenty of other attention-grabbing heaters in St. Louis.

Baseball has seen a rise in the prominence of strikeouts and velocity and spin rates in recent years. More and more pitchers are throwing 100 mph and the velocity of the average pitch has risen nearly one mile per hour over the last decade. One of the poster boys of this rise is Cardinals releiver Jordan Hicks who has been clocked at 105 mph. While...

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