Sabathia's velocity against the Orioles

The YES radar gun has been improved since 2009 (no more 95 mph curveballs), but it was definitely giving some funky readings during tonight's game against the Orioles.  In the 8th inning, it had CC Sabathia throwing at 98-99 mph, which is well out of his normal range.  PITCHf/x data has him throwing harder than usual, but nothing like the YES gun:

	#	Min	Average	Max
Fastball	48	90.8	93.6	95.9
Sinker	18	90.3	92.6	96.0
Slider	23	79.6	81.8	83.0
Changeup	13	85.3	86.3	87.0
Curveball	1	77.4	77.4	77.4

Note that Baltimore is running faster than most parks and, as of last week, was on average about 0.8 mph faster than Yankee Stadium.


UPDATED: For some more context, compare today's numbers from those over his first four starts:

	#	Min	Average	Max
Fastball	209	90.3	92.7	94.9
Sinker	60	90.1	91.9	93.6
Slider	73	78.5	81.1	83.2
Changeup	71	84.0	85.8	87.5
Curveball	27	76.4	78.4	79.7

Sabathia's curveball classification can be kind of weird, as his curve has virtually the same movement as his slider and doesn't have a whole lot of velocity difference.  But looking at the numbers for the fastballs and changeup, I would say that Sabathia's velocity wasn't a whole lot different today from the rest of the season.