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New Statcast Leaderboards Tell Us a Bit More

On July 16, 2015 By

Almost a year and a half ago, MLB Advanced Media announced a major update in its tracking of baseball games: a system that would supersede (and, eventually, replace) PITCHf/x and its non-public derivatives. We’ve had such amazing fun out here in the public with PITCHf/x that I think we’ve all been completely drooling over the possibilities that the new system, …

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Bend it Like Bradley

On April 24, 2015 By

Coming into the season, one situation we were keeping a close eye on was Rubby De La Rosa‘s reliance on fastballs, which seemed to cause a problem for him in Boston, and seemed to make him something of a pre-breakout Dave Stewart. And yet, it’s Archie Bradley who has transformed before our eyes, throwing fastballs 75%, 71%, …

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Identifying Jeremy Hellickson Problems with Curve, Change

On February 6, 2015 By

Last week, I took a crack at finding out why, despite very consistent Fielding-Independent Pitching marks, Jeremy Hellickson had wildly different results in 2013-2014 as opposed to 2010-2012. The answer, it seemed, was that Hellickson’s success in getting weak hits on his curveball and change all but disappeared. In last week’s piece, we took a look at some other possible …

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Unraveling the Mystery of Jeremy Hellickson

On January 30, 2015 By

Although Rubby De La Rosa and Allen Webster are both penciled into the April rotation, only Josh Collmenter and Jeremy Hellickson are so cemented into the team’s immediate plans that a very poor spring training would not result in their demotion. We know and love The Tomahawk, but who is Hellboy?

Last season, Hellickson pitched to an underwhelming 4.52 ERA …

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Chase Anderson Should Try Throwing Changeup a Lot More, Breaking Sequencing Patterns

On August 21, 2014 By

With just 126.1 innings under his belt this season, one wouldn’t necessarily think that the D-backs have started to count Chase Anderson‘s innings. But with just 88 innings last year and a career innings high of 104, Anderson could be shut down after just 2 or 3 more starts. Unless, of course, he only gets through six outs like …

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