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Arizona Fall League PITCHf/x - Day One

No, I won't do this everyday (maybe). Yes, I have a huge back-log of New Arms. More on that below...

Today was opening day in Arizona, as top prospects in the Arizona Fall League started their short season. Thanks to MLBAM, PITCHf/x will be running in Peoria and Surprise (home to 3 of the 6 teams in the league).

The Gameday IDs will be pretty good as things progress, as the MLBAM team is getting more information on the lesser known pitchers in the league. They already have weightings in the system for pitchers who have seen big league time and some from the higher minor leagues, according to Cory Schwartz, Director of Stats for MLBAM.

I quickly classified the pitches from today's game myself, without splitting two- and four-seam fastballs. I want more data from the pitchers, and the new installations, before I get too fancy. All that's after the jump...first, a teaser.

I've got the ALDS and NLDS all tidied up and classified. I'll share some of the numbers tomorrow night.The bigger effort is nearly done ... classifying all pitches thrown in 2009 by rookies. And position players. I've completed initial classifications for all 120-something of them, and I'm in the process of reviewing and revising. Or in the process of getting ready to review and revise. Dang AFL distracted me .... oh yeah, read on for the pitch classifications from today's action in Peoria.

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pitcher cfx # MPH PFX_X PFX_Z DEG RPM
Andrew Oliver Change-up 2 85 5 9 150 1979
Andrew Oliver Fastball 21 93 4 12 162 2595
Andrew Oliver Slider 6 83 -5 5 228 1390
Brennan Garr Fastball 11 91 -7 9 219 2323
Brennan Garr Slider 3 81 -1 -2 311 385
Eric Krebs Change-up 3 83 -11 4 251 2081
Eric Krebs Fastball 17 92 -8 6 234 2125
Eric Krebs Slider 8 83 -1 -2 251 459
Gary Daley Change-up 5 84 -7 3 249 1501
Gary Daley Curveball 1 80 1 -9 10 1561
Gary Daley Cutter 1 93 0 5 179 981
Gary Daley Fastball 10 92 -8 4 245 1832
Grant Duff Change-up 1 83 -7 -1 275 1243
Grant Duff Curveball 5 83 0 -3 206 765
Grant Duff Fastball 12 94 -4 8 207 1832
Ian Kennedy Change-up 6 83 -9 5 241 1871
Ian Kennedy Curveball 9 78 2 -10 13 1759
Ian Kennedy Cutter 1 92 -1 7 189 1487
Ian Kennedy Fastball 29 91 -8 7 229 2057
Ian Kennedy Slider 7 85 -1 2 230 430
Mike Parisi Fastball 3 92 -8 5 238 2050
Mike Parisi Slider 1 86 -2 4 204 923
Omar Aguilar Change-up 5 81 -11 0 269 2096
Omar Aguilar Fastball 30 91 -7 7 225 2177
Omar Aguilar Slider 4 81 1 2 153 556
Robbie Weinhardt Change-up 4 86 -12 2 260 2402
Robbie Weinhardt Curveball 9 84 0 -4 166 879
Robbie Weinhardt Fastball 27 92 -9 2 257 1921
Scot Drucker Change-up 5 83 -9 3 252 1802
Scot Drucker Curveball 2 77 3 -5 32 1055
Scot Drucker Fastball 29 90 -9 7 232 2332
Scot Drucker Slider 2 79 2 0 89 347
Sergio Santos Change-up 6 86 -10 1 260 2052
Sergio Santos Curveball 2 85 0 -8 180 1549
Sergio Santos Fastball 15 96 -7 4 241 1766
Sergio Santos Slider 1 86 -1 1 241 266
Zachary Kroenke Change-up 6 78 4 6 141 1247
Zachary Kroenke Fastball 16 91 6 9 145 2190
Zachary Kroenke Slider 3 83 -1 6 194 1126

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i'm going to cream my jeans

looking at mejia’s pitch f/x data tomorrow.

finding out the AFL has pitch f/x data and then having to look at 4 innings of ian kennedy was brutal. like getting socks for christmas.

by firejerrymanuel on Oct 13, 2009 9:25 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

I was thinking the exact same thing

When I saw they were at home I minorly flipped out with excitement.

by Balagast on Oct 14, 2009 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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