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Because he throws more heat than everyone else, combined.
Since the start of Chapman's first full season in 2011, 51 pitchers have combined to throw 2,292 pitches of 100 mph or more. Thirty of those pitchers just barely made the cut, doing so five times or fewer. Only seven have done it 50 times; only four have done so 100 times. The pitcher in second place, Kelvin Herrera, has hit triple digits an impressive 249 times. That sounds like a lot, until you realize how many times Chapman has done it: 1,212, and that's not a typo.
It goes without saying that Chapman has hit 100 mph by himself more than any other team over the last five seasons. It might not be so clear that he's done it more than the entire rest of Major League Baseball combined over that span, too:
Rest of Story:
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/157939858/aroldis-chapman-setting-records-with-velocity
Since the start of Chapman's first full season in 2011, 51 pitchers have combined to throw 2,292 pitches of 100 mph or more. Thirty of those pitchers just barely made the cut, doing so five times or fewer. Only seven have done it 50 times; only four have done so 100 times. The pitcher in second place, Kelvin Herrera, has hit triple digits an impressive 249 times. That sounds like a lot, until you realize how many times Chapman has done it: 1,212, and that's not a typo.
It goes without saying that Chapman has hit 100 mph by himself more than any other team over the last five seasons. It might not be so clear that he's done it more than the entire rest of Major League Baseball combined over that span, too:
Rest of Story:
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/157939858/aroldis-chapman-setting-records-with-velocity