It remains to be seen if the duo will be this generation's Seaver and Koosman, or Gooden and Darling, or God forbid Pulsipher and Wilson, but clearly these two men hold the Mets future in their hands, which just happen to be attached to a pair of electric right arms.
So I decided to track the two guys pitches that were 95 MPH and faster, as well as swings and misses.
Early in the first game Mets color commentator Ron Darling says "it's a fast gun here in Atlanta, so you're going to see a lot of 97s and 98s." Combine that with the Braves N.L. leading 621 whiffs, and this could be pretty fun.
Here are my logs for the two pitchers. A "M with a number" before a MPH means a swing and miss at a pitch 95+. Just a M means a swing and a miss at a pitch below 95 mph.
Harvey
1st inning:
M 96, M 95, 97, 97, 98, 97, 97, 96, 96, M 100,
2nd inning:
97, 98, 96, 98, 98, 96, 98, 97, 97,
3rd inning:
97, 97, 97, 97, M 95, 95, 97, 97, M 97, 97, 97, 95, 96, 97, 97, 98, 96, M
4th inning:
97, M, 95, M 98, M, 99, 99, M,
5th inning:
96, M, 99, 98, M, 98, M, M, 99,
6th inning:
95, M, 95, M,
7th inning:
95, 95, 97, M 96, 96, 99,
8th inning:
95, M, 95,
Total: 56 95+, 18 swings and misses, 7 IP, 116 pitches, 74 strikes, 13 Ks
Wheeler
1st Inning:
96, 97, 97, 95, 97, 97, 95, 97, 96, 97, 98, M 97, 97, 97, 96, 96, 95, 96, 97, 96, 96
2nd inning:
95, M 96, 98, 97, M 97, 95, M 96, M 95, 96,
3rd inning:
97, 95, 96, 96, 95, 96, 96, M 96, M, 96, 97, 96, 97
4th inning:
95, M, 95, M 95,
5th inning:
95, 96, M 95,
6th inning:
95, 95, 95, 95, 95, M,
Totals: 53 95+, 11 swings and misses, 6 IP, 102 pitches, 55 strikes, 7 Ks
Harvey and Wheeler combined: 109 95+ and 29 swings and misses
