120 strikeouts in only 60 1/3 innings pitched while allowing just 4 runs and 21 hits!!! No this is not my created player on MLB the Show, this is the combined stat line for 5 Division 1 College Pitchers. Landon Sims, Carson Palmquist, Joseph Menefee, McCade Brown, and Tanner Riley have begun the 2021 college... Continue Reading →
Opposites Attract…Similar Pitching Metrics: Alex Claudio vs. Brusdar Graterol
Looking solely at baseball savant metrics that predict pitching outcomes, you would guess that these two pitchers are pretty similar. In reality, these two pitchers could not be more different. Brusdar Graterol (Pitcher A) and Alex Claudio (Pitcher B) had very similar 2020 seasons on paper, but on the mound they are quite different. First... Continue Reading →
Victor Gonzalez: The Metrics Magician
The 2020 World Series Champions (Los Angeles Dodgers) have plenty of pitchers to focus on, now including Trevor Bauer. In 2020, one pitcher on this team was an MLB leader (99th or 100th percentile) in 8 of the 15 major statistical categories on Baseball Savant. This pitcher was not Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, Kenley Jansen,... Continue Reading →
Final Pitches 344 Days into the Past
Division 1 Baseball finally started up again after almost a year break, with the last game being on March 12, 2020. This post will show the last pitch thrown over some of the D1 Conferences. The 4 main Conferences that BaseballCloud has pitch data from last year were: The ACC, Pac-12, SEC, and Sunbelt. I... Continue Reading →