Why It’s Almost Impossible for Fastballs to Get Any Faster April 13, 2018April 23, 2018 Heather Web A wickedly fast fastball isn’t the anomaly it once was. A decade ago, Major League pitchers threw a grand total of just 196 triple-digit fastballs in a single season. Last year, 40 pitchers collectively threw 1,017. But while baseball’s hallmark pitch has increased in popularity, it hasn’t increased in velocity. Consider the confusion over the […] Continue reading
How Pitchers Train Inside Motus Global’s Advanced Biomechanics Lab February 8, 2018March 6, 2018 Heather Web Sharing space with a physical therapy center is an open-plan fitness center as big as an airplane hangar and brimming with activity. While a rehabbing NFL player did deadlifts in the center of the facility, off to the corner stood a former minor league pitcher toeing the rubber of a high-density foam, turf-covered mound as […] Continue reading
Mickey Callaway aims to reduce Mets’ pitching injuries with analytics and research November 14, 2017March 6, 2018 Heather Web Whatever other qualities Mickey Callaway brings as the new manager of the Mets, let’s be honest about it: He was hired to rejuvenate a starting rotation whose 2015 brilliance has been buried under a heap of injuries and ineffectiveness the last couple of seasons. That is, find a way to keep the golden arms healthy […] Continue reading