just casually throwing more 103+ pitches in one game than any other pitcher over the last 18 years since game tracking
miz is an alien
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miz is basically randy johnson’s velos with roy halladay efficiency in his first full season
going 9 innings, facing the minimum 27 batters on 95 pitches is hard enough. but to then strikeout 15. fucking bonkers.
for context:
- in a good inning, pitchers should throw about 15 pitches
- a strikeout requires at le...
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mlb open sources so much valuable data through statcast/baseball savant that players actually have family members or friends analyzing all the data to help players improve
i don't think there's enough written about how power mlb's data availability is for fandom and players
Kylen Mills
@KylenMills
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Bryce Eldridge told me yesterday that his older brother Ben is a big part of his recent success & the first person he calls for baseball advice outside of the Giants. He said Ben pours through all of the stats pages, baseball savant, studies his swing mechanics to give him tips. https://t.co/e14hEf4QvI
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don’t be surprised if the dodgers end up with skubal or chapman at the deadline (maybe both)
with one of the best farm systems in the league, they could easily pull off both to strengthen their rotation and bullpen
i think chapman makes a lot of sense. he’s insurance for diaz + scott/vesia/chapman would allow rober...
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mississippi state’s ballpark has apartments in left field
i love baseball but this doesn’t sound appealing. the building in petco for work, sure (almost worked out of there after college)
but living in the ball park? no way. i like my windows and walls not being pelted by home run balls or consistently hearing the ...
crazy stats:
- teams were 1-3090 when trailing by 8+ after 7 innings
- giants are the 1st team to walk off on a grand slam after trailing by 8+ in the 8th inning or later
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one of the most interesting findings from statcast's newest data (swing timing + miss distance) the pitcher with the slowest fastball generates the most late swings out of all pitches this year
tyler rogers's averages 83 mph on his sinker but hitters are late 57% on swings. while his sinker doesn't garner a lot of wh...
brewers locking up prospects before they reach the majors should be a bigger storyline
theyve committed about ~$80m to prospects pratt and lara, around $50m less than their opening day payroll
as probably the top team at developing players, these moves position them exceptionally well whether a salary cap is implem...
Baseball America
@BaseballAmerica
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The Brewers have signed OF Luis Lara to a seven-year, $31 million contract extension, per @JeffPassan
Lara is the No. 50 prospect in baseball.
Milwaukee has now committed over $81 million to Lara and fellow Top 100 Prospect Cooper Pratt this year.
Both are in Triple-A. https://t.co/gUfqdXLlIK
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you can now watch highlights from yesterday's slate of games!
the black screen with game data was due to my statcast fetcher grabbing only 7/40 highlights. this usually happens when statcast is a little slow posting videos
claude updated the fetcher for this case, but tbd on whether it works properly or not. thanks ...
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why are teams bunting more than 25% more than last year?
- bunts have more run value (6.0) than the average ball in play (4.7)
- around 33% of bunts result in a hit
- below average hitters (< 100 wrc+) are bunting the most
basically teams (like the rays) determined that their worst hitters bunting (in specific sit...
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