I work with a pitch f/x system to try and get as much sink as I possibly can on my pitches with my...

I work with a pitch f/x system to try and get as much sink as I possibly can on my pitches with my arm-slot and my talent, and hopefully get that groundball rate up around 50%, keep working on expanding my strikeout to walk ratio and keep my homeruns down. That's my gameplan. I'm shooting for a low-4 ERA/FIP, and beyond that I just hope I get lucky in a given year.... I use brooksbaseball.net--I'll throw pitches in a game every now and then in a low key, low-leverage situation where nobody in the world is paying attention to what I'm doing; I'll try a new grip, throw it. After the game, [I] check it to see what it registered on the pitch f/x, see if it was better or worse, and I'll work off of that.

Brian Bannister on BP Radio (podcast on May 28--interview from the Fenway Clubhouse)

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That is so cool

by Dan Turkenkopf on Jun 2, 2010 9:04 AM EDT reply actions

Can teams use pitch f/x outside of games? You'd think the Royals (ok, there's my mistake) would want Bannister to be able to use the pitch f/x system during bullpen sessions.

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by Sky Kalkman on Jun 2, 2010 9:14 AM EDT reply actions

I doubt there's an operator there except during game time.

by Dan Turkenkopf on Jun 2, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions

Even so...

Surely a determined MLB team could pay for a pitch f/x operator outside of games.

by jwiscarson on Jun 2, 2010 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

The Red Sox have had an operator for their Pawsox game(s) at Fenway, meanwhile the Brewers did not for a recent Midwest League game @ Miller. There are at least two other similar technologies available to teams for pitch tracking.

by Harry Pavlidis on Jun 2, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow.

How can we not root for this guy? This is pretty awesome.

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by adarowski on Jun 2, 2010 9:53 AM EDT reply actions

I knew he was awesome, but ...

When I heard this interview on Monday, I was still completely blown away.

by Lucas Apostoleris on Jun 2, 2010 10:53 AM EDT reply actions

If Brian Bannister and Dayton Moore switched roles, would the Royals be better or worse?

What’s bigger, the gap between their potential pitching skills or their potential general managerial skills?

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by adarowski on Jun 2, 2010 12:57 PM EDT reply actions

well on day 1, sadly the edge would go to Moore as GM.

He does seem to know what he’s doing as a scouting/MiLB director. But the difference would be that Bannister accepts his and the franchise’s limitations and finds ways to improve what they have, by whatever means available — you give him a couple seasons, and he’s a better GM than Moore (setting the bar low, btw).

But if they “switched roles”, would Moore have to be a starting pitcher? That might make it more difficult for Bannister.

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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jun 2, 2010 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions