The Re-Vote
We re-decided the major awards by WAR, then compared the result with the voters' choices.
1,278 ballots. 177 flipped.Independent baseball research
The answer is only as good as the evidence.
Blazing Fastball takes big baseball questions seriously. Every claim shows its work — the data, the method, and the code.
The work
Rankings, pitch-level research, and structural questions — built to be inspected, not merely believed.
01 / Legacy
The 1% Club
An all-time ranking built around career value, peak dominance, era context, and a fixed induction standard. Version 5 sets the bar at 50.76.
238 players. One percent of all 23,804 major leaguers.
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02 / VelocityVelocity Lab
The Blazing Fastball Hall of Fame tracks the hardest throwers of the pitch-tracking era, pitch by pitch and season by season.
28,966 pitches at 100.0+ mph, 2015–2026.
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03 / EconomicsCompetitive Balance
A twenty-year look at payroll and performance: what money explains, what it does not, and why the league's structure matters.
Does money buy wins? We checked 20 years of payrolls.
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Coming soon
Two projects now moving from the workbench to publication.
Fantasy 2027 Draft Board
A practical draft board grounded in projection systems, category value, and transparent assumptions.
Why this site exists
Nick is a former Rotoworld fantasy baseball writer who spent four years covering the game before the pandemic. Now he is building the baseball site he always wanted: numbers that show their work.
Blazing Fastball is for readers who want the argument and the evidence behind it. A full About page will follow as the site grows.