I like the Arizona Fall League. I've been tracking and classifying a lot pitches, thanks to the PITCHf/x installations in Peoria and Surprise. Nearly 10,000 pitches through Saturday's Rising Stars Game.
Let's take a look-see at some of my favorite stats. These are based only on PITCHf/x data. Some, such as ground ball rates, can be expanded to cover the non-PITCHf/x games, too. But I'm not. I'm also collapsing across pitch types due to sample size issues and a lack of finality on many of those classifications.
Anyway, on with the Strasburg. I mean Storen. I mean show.
The minimum pitch total I'm using is 59. Read Hardball Times on Tuesday and you'll figure out why. Hint: Aaron Crow's pitch total.
|
Whiff |
Lee Hyde |
0.458 |
Sergio Santos |
0.396 |
Michael Dunn |
0.377 |
Scott Gorgen |
0.373 |
Craig Kimbrel |
0.353 |
Robert Wooten |
0.345 |
Stephen Strasburg |
0.339 |
Daniel Moskos |
0.333 |
Zach Braddock |
0.333 |
Jenrry Mejia |
0.317 |
|
|
B:CS |
Drew Storen |
1.4 |
Michael Dunn |
1.4 |
Zach Braddock |
1.4 |
Robert Wooten |
1.4 |
Daniel Meszaros |
1.4 |
Dustin Richardson |
1.5 |
Matthew Long |
1.6 |
Mike Leake |
1.6 |
Logan Ondrusek |
1.6 |
Aaron Hartsock |
1.6 |
|
|
In Wide Zone |
Wilton Lopez |
0.646 |
Logan Ondrusek |
0.646 |
Mike Parisi |
0.632 |
Jeff Lyman |
0.604 |
Carlton Smith |
0.597 |
Ryohei Tanaka |
0.591 |
Bryan Augenstein |
0.589 |
Ian Kennedy |
0.580 |
Michael Dunn |
0.579 |
Drew Storen |
0.577 |
|
|
GB% |
Aaron Hartsock |
75% |
Stephen Strasburg |
73% |
Carlton Smith |
69% |
Josh Wilkie |
67% |
Connor Graham |
64% |
Jeff Mandel |
63% |
Jenrry Mejia |
63% |
Wilton Lopez |
62% |
Tommy Mendoza |
59% |
Javy Guerra |
59% |
|
|
LD% |
Wilton Lopez |
0% |
Spencer Steedley |
0% |
Steve Hirschfeld |
0% |
Brennan Garr |
4% |
Sergio Santos |
5% |
Joshua Fields |
6% |
Javy Guerra |
6% |
Aaron Hartsock |
6% |
Daniel Meszaros |
7% |
Drew Storen |
8% |
|
Notice how well Mejia and Strasburg rank in Whiffs and Ground balls? Storen is all over the place, along with Dunn.