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Most 101+ MPH Pitches In A World Series Game By A Starting Pitcher In The Entire Pitch Tracking Era: Jacob Misiorowski (tonight), 30 Noah Syndergaard (2015 Game 3), 1 Everyone else, 0

tonight's starting pitchers

I used to love watching a very similar game called "basketball" but you couldn't just run around with the ball like this.

Only 1 pitch has been thrown by a starting pitcher in a World Series game at 101+ MPH in the entire pitch tracking era (2008-now). That is about to change.

30 steals in 2025 and 30 more in 2026 with that sprint speed is crazy.

Ronald Acuña Jr., strikeouts per plate appearance: 2018 - 25.3% 2019 - 26.3% 2020 - 29.7% 2021 - 23.6% 2022 - 23.6% 2023 - 11.4% <--- completely ridiculous 2024 - 23.9% 2025 - 24.8% 2026 - 22.0%

Shohei Ohtani's MLB batting ranks, last 6 years: Home runs-3rd Slugging-2nd Total Bases-1st Runs-1st RBI-tied for 3rd Triples-2nd Walks-4th Intentional Walks-1st And while doing that he also started 102 games on the mound and struck out 699 batters while posting a 2.68 ERA. 😮 Totally insane.

Freddy Peralta has a 0.81 ERA in his last 8 starts. Is that good?

guys smiling: no earned runs this postseason guys not smiling: one earned run this postseason

HOLY CRAP THE BREWERS BULLPEN RETIRED ALL 15 BATTERS THEY FACED

Pat Murphy wants to step on Tarik Skubal's throat but he means that respectfully.

José Ramírez's Big League Home Runs

Most pitching strikeouts in a 9-inning game (all regular season and postseason games in MLB history): 17 strikeouts ← 190 times 18 strikeouts ← 83 times 19 strikeouts ← 24 times 20 strikeouts ← 10 times 21 strikeouts ← 1 time (🔥tonight🔥)

The White Sox swung and missed 38 times tonight.

21 STRIKEOUTS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE

Watch these clips from the 1977 ALCS then fully grasp the fact that there were no ejections in the entire series.

Milwaukee Brewers, Last 12 Postseason Road Games: lost 2-1 lost 5-2 lost 4-3 lost 4-2 lost 3-0 lost 3-0 lost 5-4 lost 4-3 lost 6-0 lost 3-1 lost 5-1 lost 4-3

THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT BUT IT IS

the four guys with exactly 17 postseason homers

Please understand that Bryan Baker has allowed a total of 4 earned runs in his last 47 games. It's completely ridiculous.

THE RARE TRIPLE SLIDE SIGNAL CAUGHT ON VIDEO

Shohei Ohtani has 1 RBI in his last 89 plate appearances.

Average Velocity (MPH), MLB Postseason Fourseamers: 2008-93.0 2009-93.4 2010-92.9 2011-93.4 2012-93.0 2013-94.2 2014-93.9 2015-94.3 2016-94.0 2017-94.5 2018-94.7 2019-94.9 2020-94.9 2021-95.0 2022-95.2 2023-95.0 2024-95.4 2025-95.8 2026-96.5 so far

Most Home Runs In One MLB Season (By Players Pitching At Least 3 Games In The Same Season): 55 - Shohei Ohtani (2025) 46 - Shohei Ohtani (2021) 44 - Shohei Ohtani (2023) 34 - Shohei Ohtani (2022) 30 - Shohei Ohtani (2026) 29 - Babe Ruth (1919) 22 - Shohei Ohtani (2018)

The Padres fouled off 30 Jacob Misiorowski pitches in the first 4 innings tonight. That's the most fouls by an MLB team in the first 4 innings of a postseason game in the entire pitch tracking era.

Before tonight, there had been 4 postseason pitches thrown at 104+ MPH in the entire pitch tracking era. Tonight, Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 of them in the first inning.

it’s not really that complicated

Trea Turner is 33. Bryce Harper is 33. Kyle Schwarber is 33. Aaron Nola is 33. The Phillies owe these guys almost $550 million.

Mason Miller has faced 13 batters in postseason games and struck out 10 of them.

Most splitters thrown in an MLB postseason game (in the entire pitch tracking era): Tyler Mahle, 55 (yesterday!) Kevin Gausman, 49 (2025 WS Game 6) Kevin Gausman, 45 (2022 ALWC Game 2) Kevin Gausman, 43 (2025 ALCS Game 5)

Ethan Salas is about to become the youngest player ever to play catcher in a postseason MLB game and I swear it's true.

Qualified Batters With An 100+ OPS+ This Year: 5 ARI CHC LAD MIA MIL 4 BOS CWS DET MIN STL 3 ATL BAL CIN CLE COL HOU KC PIT SEA SF TB TEX 2 LAA NYY PHI SD WSH 1 NYM TOR 0 ATH

Payton Tolle is the youngest Boston Red Sox pitcher to start Game 1 of a postseason series since Babe Ruth in the 1918 World Series.

Pitches Thrown At 101+ MPH: 743 ← Jacob Misiorowski this year 653 ← all other MLB starting pitchers from 2008-2026

MLB Pitches Thrown At 98+ MPH: 2008: 3,756 2009: 5,601 2010: 6,406 2011: 5,775 2012: 7,199 2013: 7,210 2014: 8,585 2015: 12,169 2016: 13,609 2017: 11,147 2018: 10,539 2019: 10,971 2021: 15,030 2022: 19,357 2023: 20,605 2024: 18,649 2025: 25,687 2026: 31,686

Most Intentional Walks In A Single Season By An American League Hitter: Aaron Judge (2025), 36 Yordan Álvarez (2026), 33 👀 John Olerud (1993), 33 Ted Williams (1957), 33 Miguel Cabrera (2010), 32 George Brett (1985), 31

Only 3 MLB teams scored more runs in 2025 than the Toronto Blue Jays. Every other MLB team scored more runs in 2026 than the Toronto Blue Jays.

The only pitchers in history with 75+ innings pitched, 30+ saves, and an ERA under 1.30 in a single MLB season: Eric Gagné, 2003 Blake Treinen, 2018 Louis Varland, 2026 🔥

Most 100+ MPH Pitches By MLB Starters This Year: Jacob Misiorowski, 1,115 🔥⛽️🔥⛽️🔥 Bubba Chandler, 155 Walbert Ureña, 126 Cam Schlittler, 69 Jared Jones, 60 Eury Pérez, 51 Roki Sasaki, 49 Shohei Ohtani, 47 Chase Burns, 29 Gavin Williams, 28

Sal Frelick just completely obliterated Andrew Vaughn.

Jacob Misiorowski ends the 2026 regular season with an ERA of 1.80. 😮

JACOB MISIOROWSKI IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS

HAPPY GAME 162 DAY

American Leaguers with 30+ steals this year

THE AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST WITH 1 DAY LEFT

Justin Verlander faced Julio Franco (born in 1958). Justin Verlander faced Konnor Griffin (born in 2006).

maybe the most unfieldable groundball in baseball history

Future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander leaves the field for the last time.

an absolutely wild stat

The 2026 American League champions will not have a winning record.