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Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Edgardo Henriquez has hit speeds reached by no one else in baseball this season.
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Edgardo Henriquez hasn’t had the smoothest start to the 2026 season, but he’s doing something no other pitcher in Major League Baseball has. Henriquez has topped 103 mph. His 103.
2 mph edges second place, a 102. 8 mph pitch by San Diego Padres closer Mason Miller, as of Thursday morning, according to Pitch Profiler . 2026 Velocity Leaderboard pic.
twitter. com/u8wrGrlDyp — Pitch Profiler (@pitchprofiler) April 9, 2026 How is Edgardo Henriquez Playing in the 2026 Season? Henriquez’s velocity has been strong this season, but he’s struggled otherwise.
Per FanGraphs , Henriquez has a 116 stuff+, but his location+ is only 79. It makes sense then, that according to Baseball Savant , Henriquez is in the 99th percentile of hard-hit balls and 93rd percentile of average exit velocity. Where he struggles, though, is chase and whiff percentage, for which he’s in the 39th and 34th percentile, respectively.