5 Statcast storylines for '17 Padres

1. Blink and you'll miss it
It remains uncertain when Carter Capps will return to the big league mound as he recovers from the Tommy John surgery he underwent in March 2016. Whenever Capps does return, he will bring one of the fastest arms in baseball with him. On July 19, 2015, Capps (then with the Marlins) fired a fastball to the Phillies' Cody Asche. The pitch was measured by Statcast™ to have a perceived velocity (which is how fast a pitch appears to the batter) of 105.92 mph, making it the fastest pitch by perceived velocity in the Statcast™ Era dating back to 2015.