Folks, I regret saying this, but it’s happening again.
This is not a new topic. In fact, it’s been mentioned over and over again in recent years on this page and on many other forums: the Rockies love keeping the fastball down. Bud Black, I’m convinced, prays to the almighty Low Fastball to deliver him and his hurlers weakly hit grounders every night before going to sleep. The Rockies love low fastballs so much, in fact, that nobody throws them more often than them. Here’s where the Rockies rank in 4-seam-fastball height since 2017.