In 2008, the Oakland Athletics called up rookie reliever Brad Ziegler. Despite a fastball averaging 85 miles per hour, he found great success in the major leagues. After setting a record with 39 consecutive scoreless innings to start his career, Ziegler finished his 11 years with a 2.75 ERA. How he achieved such success despite... Continue Reading →
In 1994, Tony Gwynn led the major leagues with a .394 batting average - the closest mark to .400 since Ted Williams. It was an incredible season, but there is a minor asterisk attached: he only had 419 at bats. Thanks to a strike shortened season, Gwynn never got a chance to sneak his batting... Continue Reading →
Series Introduction: With the modern wave of information, every facet of a pitcher’s game can be quantified now better than ever. ‘Command’ - or the ability to locate a pitch - has remained elusive in being properly encapsulated. The goal of this series is to better analyze players’ command solely through the use of statcast... Continue Reading →
Every pitcher hopes to be able to command each of their pitches. However, most of the time it is almost impossible to know exactly how a pitch will move each time. Below is a zone chart that I will be referencing throughout this piece to help describe pitch location. Justin Verlander’s Slider is dominant. It... Continue Reading →
The way baseball has evaluated fastballs is rapidly changing. Since the introduction of Spin Rate and Spin Efficiency, we now have a way to show that not all fastballs of similar velocities are created equally. When used properly these can be great for helping a pitcher determine where in the zone his fastball can be... Continue Reading →
What is the value of a quantitative analyst? That is a question I have had for some time. Right off the bat, I was able to find an article by Ben Lindbergh and Rob Arthur on FiveThirtyEight dating back to 2016, where they investigated the upward trend in increasing front office sizes in Major League... Continue Reading →
Understanding the spin of a baseball can be difficult. There are multiple ways to go about it and overlapping terminology in an already niche topic. As if that were not enough, the phenomenon of ‘seam-shifted wakes’ has necessitated the inclusion of further specifying seam orientation. This corner of the baseball world is confusing, but BaseballCloud... Continue Reading →
Series Introduction: With the modern wave of information, every facet of a pitcher’s game can be quantified now better than ever. ‘Command’ - or the ability to locate a pitch - has remained elusive in being properly encapsulated. The goal of this series is to better analyze players’ command solely through the use of statcast... Continue Reading →
San Jacinto College has been a baseball powerhouse for years. With alumni like Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte on their outfield wall, there is an aura of greatness that surrounds the Gators field. With 5 National Championships and 26 JUCO World Series appearances, it’s pretty simple; they produce talent. Having over a dozen guys appearing... Continue Reading →
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