No, no, no, fans are the supreme judges of arm strength.
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So I was wrong in my memory of what I saw, but not by much. He is 85th percentile with a weighted average of 89.8 MPH on throws. His max is 95.6 MPH.
If youāre wondering where his arm would rank among Astros OFs, his average would be second, trailing only Trey Cabbage(max 94.1), and his max is behind Dubon who has a 99.3 max(ave 89.1) and Jake Meyers somehow has a max of 97 but an average of 84.3.
Gamel for what itās worth, hasnāt made enough throws this year(min 50), to be rated. You have to go back to 2022 to get data on his arm, and he was 52nd percentile at 85.4 MPH
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The only way a ball thrown by Jake Meyers could come at you at 97mph is if he was on a train doing 50mph when he threw it.
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Well, that would depend on how fast your train is going (in the opposite direction), when both trains left, and whether or not this is an algebra test.
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He wonāt 3 hop the cutoff man
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So, I tried to find the 97MPH throw but there isnāt really a mechanism for looking up individual throws. You can go through every play a fielder is involved in, you can narrow the search to certain results, but not for velocity of throw. Unfortunately, I think we just have to take statcasts word for it. Theoretically, itās logged somewhere what throw it was but I canāt find a way to access it.
My money is on a data transcription error somewhere.
There is no fucking way Meyers ever threw a ball 97 mph.
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This is the alleged 97 MPH throw:
Safe to say there was some sort of error in the system.
I got to the vid by clicking on this dot:
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Thank you for finding it. I never even thought about clicking on the dot
I think it was 9.7 mph.
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Can Chas be optioned? If so, would have thought they would have optioned the hell out of him.
Heyward hasnāt been activated yet, that probably happens tomorrow. Weāll see who gets sent down. And I believe Chas does still have an option left
A quick google says yes.
Happy that he was able to get a homer in that last AB. Heāll be back, whether itās this year or next. Heās gotta work on shit and get his confidence back
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He went out with a bang.
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Honestly, we couldnāt have hoped for a better last ab from Chas before a demotion. Heās been a mess but a shot of success before working his shit out can only help.
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Crazy thing on that homerā¦thatās the swing and approach Chas brought with him to the big leagues way back when. Middle in fastball that he stayed inside the ball on and drove to RCF. Thatās probably what heās gotta get back to. Hopefully he can and does before the end of this season.
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Classic Bibb Falk story:
Tom Hamilton was an All-American slugger in the 50s. Powerful LH hitter, and UTās field had a fairly short RF fence.
Hamilton went the other way and won an important game with a late inning homer to the much deeper LF. After he rounded the bases and was met by his joyous teammates, Coach Falk approached him.
Falk: āAre you ever going to learn to pull the ball?ā
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