{"id":5094,"date":"2026-07-16T21:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5094"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:35:13","slug":"baseballs-hardest-throwers-still-look-up-to-red-sox-closer-aroldis-chapman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5094","title":{"rendered":"Baseball\u2019s hardest throwers still look up to Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PHILADELPHIA \u2014 While pitchers are constantly redefining the limits of hard throwing, the confluence of baseball\u2019s rocket-armed elite at the All-Star Game underscored the stature of Red Sox closer Aroldis Chapman<\/b> as the gold standard of baseball\u2019s 21st century Velocity Era.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What does Chapman, who was selected for his ninth All-Star Game this year despite his sinker averaging \u201conly\u201d 98.0 miles per hour, represent to baseball\u2019s hardest throwers?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA really high bar,\u201d said Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski<\/b>. \u201cThat dude\u2019s been doing it for a long time, and it\u2019s honestly outstanding what he\u2019s done. The work that he puts in day in, day out is insane.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cJust the success he\u2019s had in his career, and the heightened levels of success he\u2019s had these past two seasons is really, really incredible,\u201d said Padres closer Mason Miller<\/b>. \u201cYou don\u2019t see guys doing it for that long at that clip.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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