Heat. Smoke. Gas. Pick your favorite baseball adjective for an amped-up fastball and it applies to Kelvin Herrera’s heater. Over the last three seasons, Herrera’s fastball has averaged a tick over 98 mph. That’s convection oven hot. Of the 532 pitches he threw that PitchF/X classified as a four-seam fastball, 143 – or over a […]
Author: Craig Brown
Dillon Gee And The Quest For Pitching Depth
The 2015 season was pretty much an annus horribilis for right-hander Dillon Gee. A starter for all but three appearances for the Mets in his career, he was squeezed out of their rotation in spring training. Gee earned a reprieve when Zack Wheeler went down with injury and had Tommy John surgery. His time in the […]
Welcome to BP Kansas City
Kansas City is the center of the baseball universe. Had you said that to me 24 months ago, I would have requested you submit to a drug test. Now? Back to back American League pennants, dominating the ballot box for the All-Star Game, setting attendance records and, oh yeah, a World Championship means that […]
Kendrys Morales: Punisher Of Baseballs
The following was posted at Royals Authority on February 3, 2016. I was wrong about Kendrys Morales. If there’s any comfort in the above statement, it’s that I wasn’t alone in my skepticism. Let’s rewind ourselves. After the 2014 season, the Royals bid farewell to folk hero Billy Butler and declared the designated hitter spot […]