Arizona Fall League PITCHf/x - Day One

by Harry Pavlidis on Oct 13, 2009 7:05 PM EDT in Pitch f/x Goodies Comment 2 comments

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.

Click the headers to sort.

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