I had to look up who Aroldis Chapman was..How many golden gloves did he win?
Greg Maddux won 18 golden gloves..
Its not about speed.
Slower pitches keep the ball in the park, slower pitches with movement cause fly outs or ground outs...
slower pitchers are not the "Ferrari's" of the game...
Velocity over movement or movement over velocity.
IMO...
Fast is easy, spin is hard.
Hitters will hit, but its a pitchers job to not let them hit well and keep the ball in the park.
IMO...
have a pitcher with a ~63+ MPH fastball, a curve and screw (which may drop and rise as well) at ~57...
True Story...
Standing in the concession line a few years back and I was complaining on how my DD pants looked as I was about to buy her a cheeseburger. An older lady tuned and said "Murphy's Oil Soap". I exclaimed, "The stuff you put on your wood?!" She said "Yep!" Her grandmother used it do...