Aroldis Chapman
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Today's Lesson in Volatilty of Pitching
It's been a long night, and just for fun, we checked in on the leaders in Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) metrics at the moment, morning of June 9, 2014. The Top 10 of FIP leaders, with at least 10 innings pitched…
Pitching Under the Radar in 2012
Armed with a 97 mph fastball, Pedro Strop achieved the 2nd highest Groundball rate and 3rd highest GB/FB rate ratio among 263 pitchers who threw over 1,000 pitches in 2012. His fortunate-to-lucky 83.2% LOB% and .275…
Player of the Fortnight
We're a little more than two weeks past the All Star break. So, it's as good a time as any to hand out some virtual hardware. About a month ago , our winners were Carlos Beltran , R.A. Dickey , Trevor Plouffe , and Yu…
MLB Pitchers with Best Stuff
The quantitative bounties found in Fangraphs linear weights help us understand most of the who, what, how, or why certain things happen on the field. It is important to remember that pitch values are not a predictive…
Britney Spears & 2010 Pitching Debuts
Remember last year, when we wrote this piece called Power Arms of the Future ? We wanted to celebrate how impressed we were with performances from young pitchers like Mat Latos, Tommy Hanson, and Neftali Feliz. The next…
Our 2010 Celebration of SP/RP's
We say "Don't Pay for Saves". Let other suckers waste perfectly good mid round draft picks on closers coming off good seasons. Even if you get the best closer, you could have gotten someone almost as useful much later…
Aroldis Chapman's Fantastic Pitch f/x
The last time I tried to copy and paste a graph from Texas Leaguers Pitch f/x database , the information didn't translate. Let's see if this works. Here is supposed to be the side angle of Aroldis Chapman pitches from…
Happy Aroldis Chapman Day
Since this past weekend, I started a post that is currently approaching 8,000 words. I'm not quite sure what to do about it because it takes a rare breed to want to read that much about what I was thinking on Friday…
2010 MLB Power Poll
About half the season is over, and although we very recently revisited our predictions, we have not given much thought to who's better and who's best, regardless of which division they're in. The Andy Pratt Bunch 30.…
Working Some Trades
This post sprung from a chain of emails that started with our good friend, Mulhearn, emailing me the following: "What was more impress last night. Dice-K pitching 3 hit ball with no walkers, or the Celtics destroying…
2010 Power Arms Pro Debut
Today was a memorable day due to the professional debuts of Mike Leake , Stephen Strasburg , and the mysterious Aroldis Chapman . All three performances were impressive. Here are a few notes from those that are in the…
Osh's Intriguing List
So, Brilliant Reader Osh's fantasy draft is tonight. He emailed me yesterday asking if I'd be around as a lifeline during his draft. At the end of the email, he sent a list of players he found "intriguing", and I found…
The Best Team Money can Buy
We hear the expression all the time. Usually teams with stars that win titles and have high payrolls, like the Yankees, Red Sox, and in other sports the Lakers or Real Madrid. But, building powerhouse teams is of course…
Free Agent Predictions
Happy Black Friday, everyone. I hope none of you are being trampled by a bunch of idiots at Wal-Mart. Sometimes this country really makes me question mankind. Anyway, I can't believe we I forgot this in our Top 50 Free…
Top 50 Free Agents
Our scouting trip to the deep south concluded with thoughts on the "Top 50 Free Agents" in baseball. There are several writers supplying their lists, so I thought I'd throw in our two cents. This hot stove league looks…
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