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Baseball's best team dominates with good old heat

While modern baseball leans away from heavy fastball usage, the top-seeded Milwaukee Brewers relied on sheer velocity to secure 103 victories and set a modern pitch-tracking record with 446 strikeouts via four-seamers from their starting rotation. Ace pitcher Jacob Misiorowski expressed his straightforward approach on the mound by simply wishing hitters good luck.

The historic pitching staff outpaced notable past rotations, including the 2017 Red Sox led by Chris Sale and the 2019 Astros featuring Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander, while also easily topping the Yankees and Dodgers in heater-generated strikeouts this season.

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