Cubs have faced absurd velocity this postseason

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00:00In these playoffs so far, playoff starting pitchers against the Cubs have a 6.62 ERA,

00:08giving up a .273 batting average, 13 of the earned runs the Cubs have scored,

00:12have been against starters. Bullpens for the Padres and the Brewers have a 0.81 ERA,

00:19a .173 batting average against, giving up just three earned runs and 33 and a third.

00:24Uh-huh. Why are the bullpens so much more effective in this little sample so far

00:30than the starters are? Against the Cubs? Yeah. I don't think it's a thing.

00:35I think you just, I mean, you have a sample size of two teams.

00:39One of them, their whole deal is their bullpen and the Padres.

00:43And then everybody that comes out of the Brewers' bullpen kind of throws a bazillion.

00:48I mean, I found, you know, talked to Mike Petriello last night

00:52and had him update a number for me.

00:56This Chicago Cubs team has faced more velocity in this postseason

01:02than any team has ever faced in any postseason.

01:05The average two or four-seam fastball is about 96 and a half.

01:11Hang on, I have it here somewhere.

01:12But ultimately, unless you think in 1998 that someone was throwing, on average, 97,

01:22one of those teams, and I'm here to tell you, not likely.

01:27Yeah, I would say that ultimately the Cubs right now are facing the highest level of velocity

01:35that anybody has ever seen.

01:36So I asked Craig Council yesterday, why is a team that overall didn't strike out

01:41and didn't swing and miss so much, striking out and swinging and missing so much?

01:45Because they're facing absurd velocity.

01:47Yeah, it is this year's Cubs team in the playoffs.

01:51The average fastball they faced, average, is 96.7.

01:56Jeez.

01:57Jeez.

01:58Jeez.

01:59Jeez.

02:00Jeez.

02:01Jeez.

02:02Jeez.

02:02I mean, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you