[WaitTilNextYear]

Quote: Originally Posted by seanjeezy

The issue is that you should be able to throw the ball at any speed regardless of height. What happens instead is that a pitcher who averages 95 mph will be 92-93 down in the zone, 96-97 up.

This discrepancy is due to the radar gun assuming that high and low pitches travel the same distance. However, a high fastball appears faster and is clocked faster (not because it is actually going faster), but because it has a more direct path to the plate than a low pitch that spends some time sinking and travels a farther distance in the air and takes longer to get into the mitt.