One thing we've seen this postseason is a lot of velocity. Lots. Yordano Ventura of the Royals shut the Giants down in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night with his high-octane fastball, and we've also seen Kelvin Herrera and Hunter Strickland come out of the bullpen throwing triple-digit heat in the Fall Classic.

There is more velocity in the game right now than ever before, thanks to what I am sure are many reasons. Improved training, better understanding of mechanics, more short relievers, better genetics, whatever. The average fastball was 92.1 mph this year. It was 92.0 mph last year and 91.4 mph five years ago. The number just keeps creeping up.

Just about every club has some super-hard throwers in the bullpen ... except for the Twins. As a team, the Twins threw one pitch at 97+ mph this year. One pitch! Here's a fun table:

As Mr. Hageman notes, right-hander Lester Oliveros threw that one pitch, and it wasn't thrown until Sept. 22, near the end of the season. Mark Trumbo swung through the high pitch -- it was measured at 97.5 mph according to PitchFX -- in an 0-1 count. Here's the pitch:

It amazes me that in that year 2014, the Twins had just one pitch at 97+. There is so much velocity in the game and that was all they could muster. Minnesota has always leaned towards pitch-to-contact guys, but that is a little extreme. Sometimes you just need to throw a fastball by a hitter.