Crazy f***ing thing about Happ: his average velocity has increased in every single year he's pitched.
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
88.8 89.7 89.8 90 90.5 91.1 92.1
Though his top velocity hasn't changed much:
92.6 94.1 94.7 94.2 94.5 94.4 95.1
It's certainly been a fun ride. The best part is it hasn't looked, for the most part, like "fluky" baseball (i.e. the 11 game winning streak last year).
Strike-three looking to end the game with a runner in scoring position down by 1 run in your own city. Is there anything more embarrassing in baseball than that?