Fast-swing Rate Hard-hit Rate Hit Distance (DST) Home To First Launch Angle (LA) Lead Distance (LEAD) Projected Home Run Distance (HR-DIS) Sprint Speed (SS) Squared-up Rate Sweet Spot Swing Length PITCHING Active Spin Expected ERA (xERA) ...
it spins. (For instance, a fastball with a high Spin Rate appears to have a rising effect on the hitter, and it crosses the plate a few inches higher than a fastball of equal Velocity with a lower Spin Rate. Conversely, a lower Spin Rate on a changeup tends to create more movement....
“There’s more spin rate. There’s harder throwers,” San Diego star third baseman Manny Machado said. “There’s just so much information and I think that’s what creates the havoc and makes hitting a little bit harder.” The percentage of fastballs — four-seamers, sinkers a...
Spin Rate How much spin, in revolutions per minute, a pitch was thrown with. Extension How far off the mound, in feet, a pitcher releases the pitch. Pop Time How quickly, in seconds, a catcher can get the ball out of his glove and to the base on a stolen base or pickoff...
The Athletic reported that fastballs are spinning faster than ever. About 20% of pitchers have a spin rate above 2400 rpm, according to the report. “This has absolutely changed the way we have to approach hitting,” one major league batter told The Athletic. “We have to deal with more...
I used K/ 9 to denote that a guy walking into the league and striking out batters at such a rate is pretty solid, and Birdsong would immediately be a top 2 pitcher in that team. Again, I agree, such a trade wouldn't happen, mostly because I don't see the Giants giving up Birds...
Now he's the main seventh-inning guy, with the second-best FIP and the highest whiff rate on the staff. Pitching Ninja bait: I don't know who the most-GIF'd reliever on Pitching Ninja's feed is, but I count 66 different clips of Ottavino, whose glorious slider has the fourth...
so teams have been focusing more on strikeouts. The Athletic recently ran afive-part serieslooking pitchers emphasizing punchouts as opposed to pitch-to-contact strategies. This has led pitchers and teams to look to maximize velocity and spin, which is thought to have had an impact on the ab...
performance. That research concluded that foreign substances significantly increase the spin rate and movement of the baseball, providing pitchers who use these substances with an unfair competitive advantage over hitters and pitchers who do not use foreign substances, and results in less action on the...
Houck has been a revelation on the mound for Boston. / Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports Starting Pitcher: Tanner Houck, Red Sox, 28 Houck is among the league leaders in ERA, ERA+, FIP and home run rate. He has obtained at least 17 outs in 16 of his 17 starts. He has been so effic...