fastball

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Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers has a fastball that averages 99.9 mph and has topped out at 103.6.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Technological limitations make it impossible to ascertain precisely where Misiorowski ranks in the pantheon of baseball’s great fastball artists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Woodruff has thrown a 100 mph fastball exactly once in his career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“The fastball was good, slider was good, used the curveball, minimized hits.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

First girl up to bat gets struck out: she hits Cala’s fastball, but it’s a foul, and the two Quickfire changeups that come at her back to back are both swings and misses.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone