Sep 16, 2014; St. Louis, MO, USA; Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Wily Peralta (38) throws to a St. Louis Cardinals batter during the fifth inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
4.) Wily Peralta (Milwaukee Brewers):
Rank among qualified starters- 12
Percentage of fastballs thrown in 2014- 65.7.%
Average fastball velocity in 2014- 95.8 mph
Not only did Wily Peralta throw his fastball a lot last year but he did so hard. Next to Yordano Ventura and Garrett Richards, he averaged the third-highest fastball velocity in the Majors in ’14 between starting pitchers who qualified. Roughly 2/3 of his pitches last year were either the four-seam fastball (34.05%) or sinker (31.59%). Unfortunately, the two pitches, together, were not that impressive, as Fangraphs gave the 25-year-old’s fastball a paltry 0.9 run value.