pitch fx Stories - The Good Phight
Welcome to the AL East, Scouting Michael Pineda Edition
Edit: After some interesting arbitrary endpoints tweeted by Mark Simon at ESPN, I've rethought my classifications, and changed them around a bit. The result is more four seam fastballs at the result of two seam fastballs and cutters. As everyone knows by now, the New York Yankees traded their best...
Visualizing Pitch Selection: Fernando Rodney
I think that pitch selection is pretty interesting. I've written about it before, and will doubtlessly do so many more times until either all Rays fans discuss pitching in terms of Nash equilibriums or someone can convince me that another such delusional article would be essentially a hopeless...
Why the Rays want Fernando Rodney
Fernando Rodney is a mediocre pitcher. That's been covered pretty well at this point. But I wouldn't be surprised if he's the guy Hickey is most excited about coming into camp. I've been a Rodney fan for awhile (always preferred him to Zumaya in Detroit), and I think he's one of the pitchers in all...
Is there hope for Wade Davis? (part one)
The Rays have a lot tied up in Wade Davis's future. They've signed him to a long term deal that could keep him in Tampa Bay through 2017, but at this point, it's no longer clear if that would be a good thing, as he's been unable to replicate the success of his rookie year where he posted a 3.72 ERA...
A Pitch F/X Analysis of Danny Hultzen
With all the excitement surrounding this year's playoffs, it is easy to forget that The Arizona Fall League is in full swing and it features the first two picks in this years draft, Gerrit Cole and Danny Hultzen. Two of the six team's stadiums are also equipped with Pitch f/x cameras, allowing for...
An Interactive Scouting Tool For Colby Lewis
Here is my newest attempt at useful, interactive pitching graphs, now for right handed pitcher Colby Lewis. PGP wrote a terrific scouting report, which you should have a look at, here, prior to indulging in these armchair scouting tools. I've simplified all balls in play into one color, as...
David Price's Cutter Is Better Than You Think
David Price has a great fastball. He can easily pump it up over 95 mph; the movement is fantastic and varied between the two and four seem varieties, and he's learned to locate it with precision. His cutter is not as impressive. It sits between 90 mph and 92 mph, and is fairly straight (the...
How Jeremy Hellickson Gets His Popups
Jeremy Hellickson is a flyball pitcher. This season he allowed flies on 46.4% of all balls put in play. Normally I would consider this a warning sign, as while groundballs tend to become outs (sometimes double plays) or singles, flyballs also go for doubles, triples, and home runs, and only very...
Brilliant Bartolo: A Pitch F/x Analysis
The Red Sox are setting the pace in the AL East with their dynamic offense, and the Yankees are sitting pretty closely behind. With the second best record in the league, the Yankees currently are looking pretty strong in the league's wildcard chase. As anticipated, their pitching staff his...
On Charlie Furbush, Particularly His Slider
As part of a pitching shuffle that also includes sending the ineffective Phil Coke to the bullpen, the Tigers will give rookie Charlie Furbush a shot in the rotation. Furbush will make his first big league start today after spending the past five weeks in the Tigers' bullpen. Looking into what...
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