pitch slices Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Inside Out: Daniel Murphy's New Approach To Fastballs
Daniel Murphy's 2009 season began well enough, with a two-run homerun versus Cincinnati on opening day. By June, however, Murphy had already endured the worst of a month-long slump, with his OPS dropping below .700. With the rash of injuries to the opening day roster, no amount of poor hitting...
Slicing The Pitch F/X Leader Boards
Back to some RV100 (average run value compared to average of 100 pitches) leaders, this time by lateral slice. "Fat" pitches are the middle ten inches of the plate, "Out" and "In" are the next 7 inches each, outside and inside relative to the hitter respectively, which along with the "Fat" slice...
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