Effectively Wild Episode 1994: Down Goes Dinger
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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NPB vs MLB vs NPB
The average velocity in MLB has increased by only about one mile per hour from 2014 to 2023. In NPB, it appears to have increased by about three miles per hour over the same span. Roki Sasaki is an outlier, but there are many more hard throwing guys and Yamamoto is fourth on the list with no innings minimum.
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