https://x.com/mike_petriello/status/2099538912418922831 % of fastballs (4sm/sinker) thrown 95+ 2008: 13% 2026: 45% Nearly a 3.5x increase in the pitch tracking era. Incredible. 速球系(四縫線/伸卡)投95麥以上 2008:13% 2026:45% 2008大聯盟開始逐球追蹤系統年代 95麥速球佔比上漲了近3.5倍 It's actually more incredible if you look 98+, because 95 doesn't even stand o ut anymore 2008: 0.9% 2026: 9.1% So that's about a 10x increase. Or, in raw counts: approximately 25,000 more f astballs thrown 98+ 事實上如果看98麥以上會更令人驚豔 因為現在95麥已經不稀奇了 2008:0.9% 2026:9.1% 這佔比增長大概近10倍 或者以實際數量來看 大約多了25000顆 Or, since we're here, the 100 MPH barrier that used to be special 2008: 0.1% of fastballs hit 100 2026: 1.6% There were 213 such pitches in 2008. There have been more than 5,000 this year . 如果條件再上調至100麥 2008年只有0.1%的速球摸到100 今年1.6% 2008整季大聯盟只有213顆破百 今年已經超過5000顆 https://i.mopix.cc/U6lCjO.jpg 08賽季至少投100局的投手 只有6人均速95以上 今年一樣條件下有51人