fastball

noun

fast·ball ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl

: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed and often appearing to rise slightly as it nears the plate

fastballer

ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯ-lər

noun

Examples of fastball in a Sentence

He struck him out with a fastball.

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The kid pitched from the stretch and fired a fastball 92 mph. —

Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025 Hill's 89-mph fastball ranked in the third percentile of all MLB pitchers last season, according to Statcast. —

Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 Armed with a mid-to-upper 90s fastball, a promising changeup and a work-in-progress slider, Arias was the Cubs’ No. 18 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline. —

Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025 But Red disagreed with me, emphatically and encouraged me to rely more on the fastball, which had a lot of movement. —

Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fastball