At the end of the day — er, rather the end of the game — a simple adage holds sway. “Velocity,” manager Chris Woodward said Sunday, “still matters.” He said this, it’s worth noting ...

"[Velocity] is very important," a Dallas-area MLB scout said, "but you're looking at other things like body type, if they're as big as they're going to get, how their arm works, is it ...

Here’s another chart that shows how the slow growth of velocity has suddenly spiked since 2020: What I find fascinating are the mechanical changes pitchers are making to help push that average ...