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Noah Syndergaard throws the fastest average fastball out of every starting pitcher we have on record. Granted, our record stretches back only to 2002, but thats 15 seasons, and pitchers are throwing harder than ever before. Unsurprisingly, in second place, theres rookie-year Stephen Strasburg, whose every start was a well-publicized event. This year, Syndergaard has averaged 98.0 miles per hour, and in 2010, Strasburg averaged 97.3.Continue down the list and theres the 2016 version of Seattle Mariners left-hander James Paxton in third place, at 97.2 miles per hour. His name might be relatively unfamiliar, but its a name worth keeping in mind as the Mariners try to make a charge for the playoffs. Paxton is coming into his own at the big league level, and he seems to be turning into a pitcher short on peers.Now, as anyone who has watched Yordano Ventura can tell you, theres more to pitching than just throwing hard. If you object to the Ventura reference, Nathan Eovaldi works well as a stand-in. Hitters can hit bad fast pitches, and they can hit good fast pitches if they dont have to worry about anything else. Paxton is taking a step forward, and its about more than simply letting it fly. Name an area where a pitcher could improve and Paxton has probably improved at it.This is a starter who has been around since 2013. However, lat and finger injuries limited him to just 13 big league starts in each of the past two years. Already thats one improvement: This year, Paxton has been durable, with 23 starts between Triple-A and the majors. But let me show you what this breakout looks like in table form. There are 168 starting pitchers who have thrown at least 20 innings in each of the past two seasons. (Paxton, for what its worth, has easily cleared those low marks.) Here you can see how Paxton has improved in three stats, and you can see his improvement rank among those 168:Vans Old Skool Outlet . Tracey comes to the Blue Bombers after spending over a decade with Queens University. Most recently he was the schools assistant football coach. Vans Old Skool Scontate . Rinne played two periods in his first game since left hip surgery in early May. Gabriel Bourque scored 3:07 into the second period and Austin Watson tallied 5:15 later for Nashville. http://www.scontateoldskool.it/ . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. Vans Old Skool Ingrosso .com) - Manchester City midfielder David Silva is expected to miss the next four weeks because of a calf problem. Vans Old Skool Offerte . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday.KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Joshua Dobbs threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores -- including a career-long 70-yarder -- in his final home game Saturday as No. 19 Tennessee won a 63-37 shootout with Missouri.Dobbs was 15 of 22 for 223 yards with two touchdown passes to Jauan Jennings and one to Josh Malone. He rushed for a career-high 190 yards on just 10 carries.You can just see the confidence he has in himself and everybody around him, Tennessee coach Butch Jones said.Tennessee (8-3, 4-3 SEC) has won three straight games and has scored over 40 points in all of them. This marks the first time since 1995 that the Volunteers have scored 40-plus points in three consecutive games.The Vols won despite allowing 740 yards in total offense, the highest single-game total ever by a Tennessee opponent. Troy gained 721 yards in a 55-48 loss to Tennessee in 2012.Damarea Crockett rushed for 225 yards and Ish Witter gained 163 yards to lead a 420-yard rushing attack for Missouri (3-8, 1-6). The Tigers gained 600-plus total yards for the fourth time this season.Offensively thats a pretty good day, Missouri coach Barry Odom said. I didnt have enough answers defensively to put us there to win it.Crockett had the second-highest single-game rushing total ever by a Tennessee opponent. Mississippis Dexter McCluster rushed for 282 yards against Tennessee in 2009.Tennessees John Kelly rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown. Alvin Kamara ran for 55 yards and two scores.The Vols were clinging to a 35-30 lead when Dobbs made a move around Missouris Thomas Wilson at the line of scrimmage and raced for a 70-yard touchdown with 13:20 rremaining.dddddddddddd Tennessee took command from there.Although Tennessee won the game, the Vols were knocked out of contention for the SEC Eastern Division title when Florida beat LSU 16-10 earlier in the day to clinch a spot in the Dec. 3 SEC championship game against No. 1 Alabama.We didnt know about it, Tennessee cornerback Cam Sutton said. I just heard about it after the game. Thats something we werent worried about throughout the course of the game.THE TAKEAWAYMissouri: The Tigers season-long kicking woes hurt them again Saturday.Missouri missed an extra-point attempt for the fifth time this season at the end of the Tigers first series. Missouri also had gone 5 of 12 on field-goal attempts this season before Saturday.The Tigers kicking game has struggled so much that they decided to go for it rather than attempting a field goal while facing fourth-and-12 from the Tennessee 20 early in the second quarter. After Missouri was penalized for a false start, the Tigers still kept their offense on the field to try converting the first down on fourth-and-17 from the 25. The drive ended with an incomplete pass.Tennessee: The Vols defense remains extremely vulnerable, particularly against the run. Missouri put up huge numbers against Tennessee one week after the Vols allowed 443 yards rushing in a 49-36 victory over Kentucky. Tennessee also gave up 353 yards rushing to Texas A&M and 409 to Alabama this season.UP NEXTMissouri hosts Arkansas on Friday.Tennessee is at Vanderbilt on Saturday. ' ' '