Fastest recorded MLB pitch is now 105.5 MPH

[ProfessorGAC]

3. If It's Flat...

...they'll hit it.
I know a guy who was fast tracking to the majors with the Padres. Double A at 19.
99mph fastball, wicked slider, & a change up. His fastball naturally tailed into a rightie.
He had to have TJ surgery. Fully recovered. Hit 100 on the gun.
No lateral movement anymore on that heater, less drop on the slider. Major league dreams over, because now he was a fast pitching machine.
He played on an independent league team for a years and struck out 180 guys in 101 innings! But, none of them were ever going to make the majors.
I felt so bad. He's a nice guy, humble; a self-effacing hulk of a guy. He's a floor manager at a cold storage warehouse now.
But, good major leaguers will catch up to a pitch, no matter how fast if it stays straight.