4/7 DH Game 2

[Enscheff]

Pitchers have often talked of losing some movement on their fastball when they crank it up.

Newk threw 1 FA last night at 97.6 mph with 2482 rpm. I imagine that pitch must have had 11"+ of rise, and may be the nastiest pitch thrown by any Braves pitcher this year.

Here's video of it: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sport...e-7819a9498be1

That pitch was right down the middle and was fouled off. Had it been located a bit higher it would have probably been a whiff.

If Newk could consistently get that pitch up in the zone, I suspect we would see a lot of this:

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sport...7-b25afb17cb43

That guy had zero chance of touching that pitch.