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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 21 2016 04:02 PM

Give me Mets whose best pitch was the fastball, and/or those who might have a better pitch but who's who's fastball would be in consideration among the team's best fastball-throwers, past or present.

Fman99 Jul 21 2016 04:42 PM Re: Fastball

Despite the newness of his career, I put Thor's fastball up there with the best any Met has thrown. I think he takes the Pepsi challenge on that. Gooden and Nolan Ryan come to mind also.

Fman99 Jul 21 2016 04:42 PM Re: Fastball

Benitez threw a mean fastball as well.

Edgy MD Jul 21 2016 04:45 PM Re: Fastball

Randall K. Myers, as hard as anybody had seen from the left side, at least up until that point in time. Bobby Parnell, inexplicably, hit 103 at the hight of his powers.

Edgy MD Jul 21 2016 04:54 PM Re: Fastball

He gets a World Series ring. He stays modest; he don't boast. [youtube:3k4xbqwd]-aZHPuss9jo[/youtube:3k4xbqwd]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 21 2016 05:00 PM Re: Fastball

Pelfrey was all about the fastball. Kane Davis? Fastball man.

seawolf17 Jul 21 2016 05:06 PM Re: Fastball

Doesn't Bartolo only throw fastballs now? Not that he'd make a "top" anything list, but still. Doc/Thor/Benitez/Myers/Parnell are the first ones I think of.

d'Kong76 Jul 21 2016 05:07 PM Re: Fastball

Honorable Mention: Sidd Finch - 168 mph! I mean, c'mon...

Edgy MD Jul 21 2016 05:11 PM Re: Fastball

Billy Wags. Still throwing 99 when he got to Flushing, but folks kept fouling it back.

d'Kong76 Jul 21 2016 05:16 PM Re: Fastball

Kind of a sub-category, but when Leiter was someone his split-finger (cut) fastball was memorable.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 21 2016 05:20 PM Re: Fastball

Dick Selma's fast ball was thought to be the fastest in the Mets system. (That means it was faster than Ryan's, a teammate of Selma's). You can write the same sentence above, only substituting John Glass for Dick Selma without sacrificing any accuracy. Glass, of course, was a career minor leaguer who hurt his arm in the Mets minors in the late '60's and was never the same.

Edgy MD Jul 21 2016 05:21 PM Re: Fastball

This certainly doesn't look like something pleasant is coming.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 21 2016 05:24 PM Re: Fastball Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 21 2016 05:25 PM

Bill Denehy also threw unseeable heat until he blew his arm out. Jeez, if it weren't for moderner medicine and, especially, the advent of TJ surgery, this current Mets pitching staff would've been mostly forgotten by now, relegated to the sizable scrap heap of flame-throwing pitchers who blew out their arms, never to be heard from again, just like Glass and Denehy and Musgraves and other Mets hurlers from 45-50 years ago.

Edgy MD Jul 21 2016 05:25 PM Re: Fastball

Juan Berenguer was the second Met, after Nolie, to hit 100. All sorts of badly edited craziness in this video. Jump ahead to about 2:00 and it gets real crazy. [youtube:3pf8oooy]rd0-1PMFfEY[/youtube:3pf8oooy]

Ashie62 Jul 21 2016 09:10 PM Re: Fastball

Seaver Seaver and Seaver

Zvon Jul 22 2016 01:51 AM Re: Fastball

Fastball should be easy. I thought early on Gooden had a better fastball than Seaver, but not by much. His riser rose with a tad more zip.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 23 2016 04:03 PM Re: Fastball

d'Kong76 wrote: Kind of a sub-category, but when Leiter was someone his split-finger (cut) fastball was memorable. Just dropped in to make sure he was represented. Carry on. Also, Sid?

Edgy MD Jul 23 2016 04:42 PM Re: Fastball

Splitters and cutters deserve their own thread, I think. Scroogies too, even if there's been only a handful of guys who dealt it.