• Steroids and fastballs: A tawdry affair

  • By Peter Keating | May 18, 2010 9:03:58 AM PDT

How much are steroids worth to a pitcher?

Here's how much, according to new research: They can take a guy with a 35th-percentile fastball and make him average, and take a pitcher with an average fastball and boost him to the 65th percentile. So just think about the difference it might make to a borderline-dominant pitcher like, say, Roger Clemens.


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