Anyways, let’s dive into the five best changeups from 2025! First off on the list, we’ve got Bailey Ober. Ober utilizes his changeup a lot, throwing it nearly 29% of the time last year, and it’s a ...
Baseball pitches aren’t living creatures; they don’t have feathers. They do fly, though, and to an incurious or uninitiated observer, their flights and behaviors could blend together. “Pitches,” one ...
Last year, no starting pitcher threw 100 innings and threw more different pitch types at least 10 percent of the time than Chris Bassitt. He’s working to keep that up by throwing as many different ...
Swing speed and exit velocity are largely two sides of the same coin, with one important difference: we get swing-speed data on whiffs too. This is important as we can detect when batters are using ...
For each of the last three years, I’ve run to my spreadsheets in the aftermath of the release of the Top 100 with the goal of providing insight into the pitches thrown by Top 100 pitchers. What ...
Pitching is about keeping hitters guessing -- and about walking the line between overusing certain pitches to the point of predictability and underusing others that have quietly confounded opponents ...
Analyzing Elly De La Cruz’s 2024 season reveals a fascinating breakdown of how the young star fared against each pitch type, showcasing his growth, challenges, and adaptability at the plate. De La ...
Let’s look at which of this season’s Diamondback pitchers had specific pitch types/categories that were either great or below average. That will be determined by whether that pitch type’s wOBA is ...
Hannah and Zach are back with another fun episode of The Bandwagon! They kick off the episode with an update on the Oakland A’s, whose move to Las Vegas seems to once again be stalling out. This time, ...