MLB 2024: What would happen if pitchers didn't throw as hard?

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Logan Webb is one of the best starting pitchers in the major leagues -- certainly one of the few you might confidently call an ace. The San Francisco Giants' 27-year-old right-hander throws a sinking fastball with 30 inches of vertical break plus arm-side horizontal movement, a changeup considered one of the best in the game and a sweeper he likes to throw when ahead in the count -- and he has the command to hit the corners or the bottom of the strike zone with all three pitches.

Since his breakout season in 2021, Webb ranks fourth among all pitchers in WAR -- and is about to pass the injured Gerrit Cole and Sandy Alcantara to trail only Zack Wheeler. He has been…