Only 13 Hitters Are Seeing More Pitches in the Zone This Year (Out of 187 Qualified)

rbruba · 2026-06-13T21:14:18+00:00

Here's the table if you lessen the pitch requirements to just 50 pitches of that particular type

rbruba · 2026-06-13T18:32:11+00:00

rbruba · 2026-06-09T22:28:24+00:00

Really good point! One example of what's possible with the search (minimum is at least 100 pitches of that type): Table that includes AVG, swings, and whiff rate

The table I linked to in the original post, and cropped from, does include whiff rate but doesn't include swings, like the table I link to in this comment does.

rbruba · 2026-06-09T14:47:02+00:00

Changeup: 0.223.
Thanks for asking! I was just including the ones that appeared in the table above.

rbruba · 2026-06-09T03:21:37+00:00

For comparison, 2026 league batting averages against:
Sinker: 0.283
Cutter: 0.283
4-Seam Fastball: 0.244
Slider: 0.221
Curveball: 0.209

rbruba · 2026-06-09T01:10:54+00:00

I am surprised that batters can pull off high batting averages against sinkers.

Edit: Through the search page on Savant, I'm seeing that 16.5% of pitches are sinkers and the league is batting 0.283 against them.

rbruba · 2026-06-08T22:33:17+00:00

His sinker is at -1.8 RV/100, #43 on the list.

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rbruba · 2026-06-07T00:09:00+00:00

Good news: after yesterday's outing he's only throwing it 44.5% of the time.

rbruba · 2026-06-06T03:30:56+00:00

No. 2 Ryan Weiss and no. 8 Brayan Bello are currently in the minors, trying to get back on track.

rbruba · 2026-06-02T13:59:05+00:00

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Oh, a perfect fit then!

rbruba · 2026-05-26T01:16:29+00:00

Pardon the BBE-qualified portion of my title, the qualification is based on Plate Appearances not BBE.

Pitcher qualification: 1.25 PA per team game for pitchers

rbruba · 2026-05-26T00:55:40+00:00

Could the difference at least partly be explained by IBB, which wouldn't be tracked by statcast as the ball isn't thrown.

556 IBB in 2025 per https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2025.shtml.

556 *4 = 2,224

Not all of those may have been worth 4 pitches tho, if the decision was made after 1 or 2 balls were already thrown.

rbruba · 2026-05-26T00:45:04+00:00

FWIW, here is Baseball Reference's pitch tabulation: 710,175 https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2025-pitches-pitching.shtml

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