Gary Sheffield, Jr
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Mets ace Jacob DeGrom is always filthy, but today he took over baseball Twitter with a 102 MPH fastball and a 95 MPH slider. Check out this devastating stuff from the 2-time Cy Young winner:
Jacob deGrom. Holy 💩
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 26, 2020
[T102mph and that entire sequence 🤯] pic.twitter.com/0wfe0chpwF
Velocity is noticeably up across Major League Baseball, but DeGrom’s fastball is second-best in the game (98.6). Not even sure if the fastball was the most impressive part of this video as he rips Juan Soto’s soul out his body with a slider. If you’re wondering how many guys in the big leagues throw a slider like this look no further. Jacob DeGrom throws the hardest slider in the bigs, and it’s not close:
MLB starting pitcher average velocity leaders, per pitch type:
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 30, 2020
Four-seam fastball
1. Dustin May (98.9 mph)
2. Jacob deGrom (98.6 mph)
Slider
1. Jacob deGrom (93.5 mph)
2. Brandon Woodruff (88.8 mph)
Changeup
1. Charlie Morton (91.8 mph)
2. Jacob deGrom (91.6 mph)
Everything DeGrom does is peak performance that makes his annual Cy Young level seasons an expectation. We’re incredibly lucky to have social media around these days so we don’t miss a beat on his historic career. Days like these make us thankful we write for a living instead of trying to hit this guy.
Gary, DeGrom certainly has talent. No argument from me……but reading this caused me to do a quick search of my favorite Pitcher of all time, Pedro Martinez. Pedro, at his best, in 2000, had a .737 WHIP. And I think the only players ever with a WHIP lower than that pitched before 1910 or something like that.I also just watched some highlights of a 2000 game Pedro pitched against the Yankees (1 hit, 17k’s)…But I guess if Degrom can remind me of Pedro, that’s saying something. (but I am not putting DeGrom in Pedro’s class. Pedro stands alone)
I like Nolan Ryan pretty good heater and a pretty good punch too just ask Robin Ventura lol