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 |