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His fastest pitch of 2018 was 104.4 miles an hour, second-best in MLB only to pitches by Jordan Hicks. [38] His sinker had the highest average speed of any MLB pitcher's pitches in 2018, at 100.9 mph. [38] In 2018, he had the lowest swing rate for his in-strike-zone sliders of any pitcher in baseball (42.5%). [55]
[16] The hardest throwers in baseball currently are recognized as Aroldis Chapman and Jordan Hicks, who have each been clocked with the fastest pitch speed on record at 105.1 mph (169 km/h). [23] As of October 2020 [update] , Guinness lists Chapman as the current record holder.
Semerano was invited by the Yankees to pitch in exhibition games against the Japanese national team in 2018, with his fastball reaching 95 or 96 mph as he approached age 37.
On August 3, during a game against the New York Mets, Joyce struck out J. D. Martinez on a 104.7-mile-per-hour (168.5 km/h) fastball to get his first-ever save. It was the fastest strike-out pitch to be thrown in MLB since at least 2008, [25] and the sixth-fastest pitch thrown since 2009. [26]
With a 105.5 mph fastball to strike out Los Angeles Dodgers utility man Tommy Edman, Joyce came 0.3 mph shy of throwing the fastest recorded pitch in MLB history.
Zumaya was a fan favorite for his intense, aggressive attitude on the mound and his 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) fastball, which topped out at 104.8 miles per hour (168.7 km/h). This was the fastest pitch ever recorded at that time. [2] He also had a very good knuckle-curve that he used as an off-speed pitch.
Angels closer Ben Joyce threw a 105.5-mph fastball to strike out Dodgers' Tommy Edman, making the pitch the fastest recorded to fan a hitter and third-fastest overall.
On May 20, Hicks threw the fastest pitch in MLB history, at 105.1 miles per hour (169.1 km/h). He shares this record with Aroldis Chapman. [13] [14] His four-seam fastball and sinker had the second- and third-highest average speeds of any MLB pitcher's pitches in 2018, at 100.5 miles per hour (161.7 km/h) and 100.4 miles per hour (161.6 km/h). [14]