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Where the Wild Things Are - A Story in Pictures
The Chicago Cubs are relying on Carlos Marmol to be their closer in 2010. Is this a good idea? Well, Marmol is incredibly tough to hit. (via www.fangraphs.com) Marmol was tough to hit primarily due h...
Pitch F/X: Michael Bowden, 9/28/09
Statline: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 37 strikes in 67 pitches, 4 groundouts, 2 flyouts Okay, there's not a lot there to like. I mean, he did get some good results - strikeouts, only 1 wa...
Roll Them Dice: Matsuzaka's Return, Pitch F/X'd
Sandy was right: "Dice-K will return, and he will be very good." Now, he didn't get much more specific than that, but I'm going to guess he wouldn't have guessed that Dice-K would go 6 innings, allowi...
Game Story: Sox Support Buch, Drop Halladay and the Jays
Clay Buchholz pitched 6 innings of 6 hit ball, only walking 1 batter and allowing 1 run, while striking out 4. Aside from the innings, that sounds like the kind of outing we'd expect from the opposing...
Jon Niese's Release Point(s)
There were certainly many positives to take from Jon Niese's start yesterday. He controlled a lineup of mostly free-swinging right-handers, getting 12 groundouts to 5 flyouts. Some radar guns clocked ...
Looking to Refine FIPs with Pitch F/X
FIPs measures 3 factors that totally dependent on the pitcher, strikeouts, walks and home runs. A player's strikeout and base on balls numbers are fairly consistent if a player changes ball parks, bu...
Why it Matters: Umpires, Computers, Wins, and Dollars
Today, I am not very happy. I'm not happy because my team, the Milwaukee Brewers, lost a game to the Chicago Cubs, our hated rivals, on a walk-off walk. I'm not happy, because my te...
Graph of the Day: Aroldis Chapman's Fastball
Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman raised eyebrows around the baseball world this spring. Pitching for the Cuban team in the World Baseball Classic, Chapman flashed an incredible fastball and some na...
Graph of the Day: The Turbulent Career of Rich Hill
via img37.imageshack.us FB/100 from Fangraphs Pitch Type Linear Weights Rich Hill is one of a group of young players let go by Jim Hendry and the Chicago Cubs last winter, along with Felix Pie and Ro...
Pitch f/x Primers
Harry was on the radio earlier tonight and plugged some of the pitch f/x primer articles we're written. Might as well provide some links to them all in one place: Understandings Location & ...
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