TORONTO (AP) — Velocity rules in October.

There have been a record 255 pitches of 100 mph or faster this postseason, up from 105 last year and the previous high of 169 in 2022.

Right-handed relievers averaged 96.2 mph with their four-seam fastballs through the World Series opener, an increase from 95.8 mph last postseason and 93.3 mph when Major League Baseball started tracking in 2008.

“That's crazy. That's insane,” Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Tanner Scott said. “You see kids in college throwing 100 (mph) and a couple of years ago they were throwing what, 94, 95?”

Pitchers averaged a record 94.5 mph with four-seam fastballs during the 2025 regular season , a speedup from 91.9 mph in 2008. Among righties, this year's average was 95 mph, including 95.6 mph by relievers.

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