All five pitches Kyle Schwarber faced in the at-bat were north of 103 mph, with two reaching 104
There’s about to be a lot of focus on soccer for the next month, what with the World Cup getting underway, but MLB is scoring itself some heat by bringing some serious heat.
How does the fastest pitch ever thrown by a starter sound?
Well, we got it, and it came courtesy of Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski and that cannon he calls his right arm.
The Brewers hosted the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, and at the top of the first inning, Misiorowski came up against Phillies leadoff hitter Kyle Schwarber.
The 2-2 pitch seemed to just catch the lower outside corner of the strike zone, with Schwarber getting a piece of it on a check swing, which was snagged and held onto by catcher William Contreras.
While Schwarber went ahead and started arguing about the call, everyone else’s attention was preoccupied by the pitch’s speed.