By Jon Weisman
Just how strong is Yasiel Puig’s arm?
This week at MLB.com, MLB Statcast analyst Mike Petriello wrote about the top outfield arms in baseball. His methodology in brief appears at the end of this post. I followed up by asking Statcast for some numbers specific to the Dodgers, and here’s what I got:
- 96.0 mph — Yasiel Puig
- 90.8 mph — Joc Pederson
- 90.5 mph — Scott Van Slyke
- 88.5 mph — Alex Guerrero
- 88.2 mph — Kiké Hernandez
- 87.7 mph — Andre Ethier
- 79.7 mph — Carl Crawford
Puig was 2.6 mph behind Houston’s Jake Marsinick, the top outfield arm in the Majors. Here’s a 99.4 mph throw that Puig made at Houston in August:
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