The Rockies’ pitching staff is all about fastballs and getting strikeouts.
Their starters’ four-seam fastball speeds have averaged 95.2 mph(Gray), 92.7 mph(Butler), 91.7 mph(Bettis), 91.6 mph(Chatwood), and 90.4 mph(De La Rosa) (this season through 17 June). Those five starters averaged 0.84 strikeouts per inning pitched.
Their relievers’ four-seam fastball speeds have averaged 96.8 mph (Estevez), 93.9 mph(Miller), 93.6 mph (McGee), 93.4 mph(German), 93.0 mph(Logan), 92.9 mph(Lyles), and 89.6 mph(Bergman)(with at least 18 innings pitched through 17 June). Those seven relievers averaged 0.94 strikeouts per inning pitched.
Could these pitchers be kryptonite to the Diamondbacks, who have averaged 11.