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chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:45 pm
by Pharmcat
http://baseball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ ... _fastball/wow, thats fast!
too bad dusty will prolly ruin his career
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:07 pm
by craig01
But does he have good enough command of it.
So far maybe not........
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 6:02 pm
by Pharmcat
he's getting called up in sept right? might be the biggest wildcard for all PO contending teams
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 6:29 pm
by Stanford
I call shenanigans on the gun.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 7:46 pm
by craig01
Stanford wrote:I call shenanigans on the gun.
He's been clocked regularly at 102, and was clocked at 104 somewhere on the road.
Throwing at 100 mph isn't the end all be all though....ask Joel Zumaya before he got hurt
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:09 pm
by Zeitgeister
I kind of wonder about that speed as well. I'm pretty sure that if he throws at 105 mph at the major league level it will be the fastest pitch ever recorded. Also to say he's been clocked regularly at 102 almost suggests that he sits at that speed. As a reliever I guess it could be possible in few innings but I have read that Strasburg averaged around 97 mph on his fastball and it was the highest average since fangraphs started. Most likely his speed is getting overhyped a bit.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:43 pm
by dropshot001
if he hit that speed regularly and had some command of it he would be pretty deadly
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:52 pm
by Nolan
Pharmcat wrote:he's getting called up in sept right? might be the biggest wildcard for all PO contending teams
He'll be like David Price in 2008.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:09 pm
by craig01
Bob Feller was reportedly clocked at 107, but using less than todays technology obviously.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Wed Sep 1, 2010 3:36 am
by Stanford
Well he hit 103 on an MLB gun tonight.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Wed Sep 1, 2010 3:35 pm
by Wade2k6
He looked nasty last night.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Wed Sep 1, 2010 5:05 pm
by Pharmcat
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Thu Sep 2, 2010 1:21 am
by trwi7
He pitched again tonight. Slowest fastball was 99.0, fastest was 103.9.
He throws his slider faster than four of the five Brewers starters throw their fastballs.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Thu Sep 2, 2010 11:57 pm
by craig01
trwi7 wrote:He pitched again tonight. Slowest fastball was 99.0, fastest was 103.9.
He throws his slider faster than four of the five Brewers starters throw their fastballs.
Amazing.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Fri Sep 3, 2010 9:41 pm
by Ong_dynasty
its that slider..it really is nasty.
For people who have been following him. what other pitches does he have?or does he only need 2?
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:43 pm
by trwi7
He only threw the fastball and slider.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Sat Sep 4, 2010 8:17 pm
by DirtyDez
trwi7 wrote:He only threw the fastball and slider.
So did Randy Johnson. Worked for him.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Mon Sep 6, 2010 12:05 am
by Sebastian
I hope he doesn't usurp the Cuban Missile nickname from Alexei Ramirez. That'd be some bull.
I see a horrible injury in his future if he doesn't dial it down a bit. Impressive as all hell, though.
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:00 pm
by Fuzzy Logic
Sebastian wrote:I hope he doesn't usurp the Cuban Missile nickname from Alexei Ramirez. That'd be some bull.
I see a horrible injury in his future if he doesn't dial it down a bit. Impressive as all hell, though.
Throwing that fast has got to be doing some serious long term damage even though the action is pretty smooth. If somebody connects to one of those 105s it will go miles!
Re: chapman throws 105mph?!
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:25 pm
by craig01
Time will tell.
