love a good blowout because...position player pitching james mccann came in relief and drop some good ol' fashioned eephus' at 35-40 mph with some of the lowest spin rates (<1000 rpm) of the day the best part—hitters looking foolish trying to hit it

logan webb with 2 of the top 5 horizontal break pitches for strikes yesterday - a sinker to edmundo sosa with 23.6 inches of horizontal break (almost 2 ft!) - another sinker to edmundo sosa with 22 inches of horizontal break silver lining for the giants after dropping both double headers—logan webb finding his groove

double header yesterday between the phillies and giants featured 4 of the top 5 wpa swings - bryson stott's triple to tie the ball game in the bottom of the 9th for a 60% wpa swing - kyle schwarber's game tying double in the bottom of the 9th of the second game for a 43.6% wpa swing - justin crawford's walk off sin... Show more

it's just fun to watch matt waldron throw a hard knuckleball his knucklers sit around 200-400 rpm at 75-85 mph

padres bullpen showing off the heat last night - adrian morejon pumping a 100.3 mph sinker on the outside corner to pca - mason miller pump 100.0 mph past moises ballesteros wild that any team can bring in a lefty and righty that can pump 100+ mph on the mound

the largest wpa swing from yesterday deserves its own post matt olson hits a walk off 2-run homer for a 69.9% wpa swing

something we haven't seen this year—two of the top 5 wpa swings for yesterday are from double plays - freddie freeman grounds into a double play with a runner on 1st to end the game for a 53.2% wpa swing - manny machado grounds into a double play to end the 8th inning for a 33.7% wpa swing it's pretty rare to see ... Show more

i think this trade is really working out for both sides so far - padres got one of the most dominant pitchers in the league (and best closer) - a’s got one of the most promising talents at a cornerstone position at 19, de vries is playing and crushing much older competition (avg age in aa is 24) and this likely p... Show more

getting pitcher analysis dialed in as a claude skill—confirms that schlittler is likely the yankees guy assuming walk rate does not regress to career norm dialing in the content pipeline of pick any player (hitter or pitcher) -> full analysis -> convert to pdf -> convert to audio script -> audio that's more narrative... Show more

how is schlittler dominating hitters with basically all fastballs? he’s one of the best at tunneling. his fastball, cutter, and sinker all come within a few mph but have different movement profiles this makes it incredibly hard for hitters to identify his stuff. add in elite velocity and his ability to backspin and... Show more

blake tidwell dropping some nasty sweepers against the phils - trea turner whiffs on a sweeper with 24.0 inches (2 feet!) of horizontal break - trea turner buckling on a sweeper with 22.7 inches of horizontal break

yesterday was a great day for top tier velo and pitchers - ohtani dotting the inside corner with 100.4 mph against owen cassie - chase burns with a 100.1 mph elevate fastball blown by mickey moniak - schlitter blowing 99.5 mph past corey seager on the inside corner