r/baseball • u/Natural_Gas2480 • 6h ago

Analysis Freddy Peralta and Edwin Diaz are THROWING GAS this postseason

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Peralta's fastball is up 2.5 mph from the regular season (96.8 vs 94.3). Diaz is up 2.0. Sasaki is sitting 99.8 and Edgardo Henriquez is pumping 101.8 avg out of the Dodgers pen.

52 of 73 playoff pitchers are throwing harder than they did all year. Dodgers have 6 guys up a full mph or more.

Postseason baseball is awesome

data from armside.ai/october

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u/-orangejoe New York Yankees 6h ago

Andrew Painter post

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u/Natural_Gas2480 6h ago

he's inevitable

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u/-orangejoe New York Yankees 6h ago

He showed some flashes towards the end of the season of getting back to the fastball shape he had pre-TJ, or at least close to it. If he can maintain that with how he's developed the changeup that would be sick.

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u/Weaponized-Goose Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

I’m disappointed that Robert Gasser isn’t on this list

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u/MossyPlantyWitchy Cincinnati Reds 6h ago

He's out there throwing gas rn 🤣

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u/the_desert_fox New York Mets 6h ago

Because of fucking course they are.

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u/SexiestPanda Seattle Mariners 6h ago

sigh

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u/horsepoop1123 Chicago Cubs 6h ago

Juiced guns

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u/eb12se4nt-z13ow-97g0 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6h ago

Rays unlocked 99 mph Fastball Freddie, league fucked.