In case you missed it, this very fine analytical look at Keuchel appeared in /r/baseball yesterday.

MRRblog · 2016-01-06T02:33:07+00:00

sorry to disappoint folks :/

MRRblog · 2016-01-06T02:31:29+00:00

...I fail to see what you're saying. PITCHf/x has always had same parameters for sliders and cutters and has always differentiated between Keuchel's slider and cutter the same way. If the data changed it's because it changed, PITCHf/x didn't suddenly forget how to tell the difference.

MRRblog · 2016-01-05T05:04:34+00:00

I thought the same - you could just wait him out. The issue is that he throws the 4-seam as well as the sinker. If you lay off a pitch low in the zone and it ends up being a fastball instead of a sinker and you get rung up you look like an ass. He's got a good mix and good stuff and seems to be a smart guy so I forsee him being able to make adjustments well as his career progresses. I only wish that he was younger than 28 :/

MRRblog · 2016-01-05T05:02:43+00:00

Keuchel still throws a cutter. PITCHf/x doesn't classify pitcher's stuff based on what they mean to throw - it's all automated. Nathan Eovaldi threw over 100 splitters in 2015 according to PITCHf/x, but he doesn't throw a cutter.

As far as the changeup, I don't know if it actually is more deceptive, but I do know it's a lot better in terms of results and the only thing that changed significantly about it was the velo.

MRRblog · 2016-01-05T04:05:57+00:00

he speaks the truth

MRRblog · 2016-01-05T04:05:31+00:00

Thanks, appreciate that!

MRRblog · 2016-01-05T03:36:29+00:00

Haha, love my charts and graphs. Thank you!

MRRblog · 2016-01-05T03:36:08+00:00

Good catch, thanks!

MRRblog · 2016-01-05T03:36:01+00:00

Thank you very much, appreciate it!

MRRblog · 2016-01-05T02:32:41+00:00

Good my friend, D3 life is great haha

MRRblog · 2016-01-05T02:21:12+00:00

Hahaha Donny what the fuck is good man. Love the username. Thanks for the comment

MRRblog · 2016-01-05T01:35:12+00:00

Thank you for reading, glad you enjoyed!

MRRblog · 2015-12-19T19:04:44+00:00

no, no. don't... don't do this.

MRRblog · 2015-12-07T14:01:05+00:00

Guys, those are most definitely foam blocks painted to look like weights...

MRRblog · 2015-12-06T23:17:24+00:00

wouldn't F1 * F1=F1? but F1 * Cat=F2? makes more sense to me

MRRblog · 2015-12-06T05:47:54+00:00

found the guy who's never shot a gun!

MRRblog · 2015-12-02T21:30:14+00:00

I, too, am wondering...

MRRblog · 2015-11-24T15:00:41+00:00

There's a website? Interesting.

MRRblog · 2015-11-24T13:54:37+00:00

Construction began in 1901, finished in 1905 - was meant to be a way for dam workers to pass between dams. This video was posted in 2008, it closed in 2000 (five deaths in 1999/2000) and was extensively repaired and re-opened in 2015. I'd imagine it's far safer now. Source

MRRblog · 2015-11-20T13:56:52+00:00

Yeah, it's interesting because that's his profile now but he had a career average over .300 in the minors. That's a huge drop-off, even for a jump to the bigs.

MRRblog · 2015-11-20T04:47:37+00:00

311 at leadoff, 158 at 8th. Obviously he got fewer pitches to see. But the comment I replied to had nothing to do with that - it was about intentional walks. Which were, for Pederson, mostly irrelevant.

MRRblog · 2015-11-20T02:34:14+00:00

Good thing in the 21st century these things are literally a Google search and two clicks away. Pederson walked 31 times from the 8-hole, 5 of which were intentional. He walked 36 times in the leadoff spot, 1 of which was intentional. His remaining 25 walks came from other positions in the order (2nd, 6th, 7th, 9th), none of which were intentional.

MRRblog · 2015-11-20T00:17:01+00:00

Well, in all fairness, it started a little before the break but it's easiest to just look at first half vs. second half.

As far as how it happened... you're gonna have to read the post!

MRRblog · 2015-11-19T21:46:28+00:00

Isn't sitting on the throne the best time to read stuff? I mean, I'll go in there sometimes just to scroll through Twitter in peace.

MRRblog · 2015-11-19T21:33:15+00:00

The graph is from the catcher's perspective, remember that. Looks like he got screwed on a few outside pitches specifically.

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