David Morgan
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Right before this pitch, Realmuto met with Lazar. Why? My guess is to break out a pitch that they've been working on behind the scenes to LHH. New Splitter: 10 iVB 12 HB 86 MPH 953 Spin Rate Duran "What was that??"
Lazar gets the call. He brings a revamped 4-seam that has been crucial in getting LHH's out (his biggest weakness) and plays better with his high slot (56°) 2024 vs. LHH: 13.8 iVB, 0.4 HB, 21.4% whiff, 93.8 MPH, .382 wOBA 2025 vs. LHH (AAA): 17.8 iVB, 2.8 HB, 37% whiff, 94.5…
Gage Wood ranked 5th on my board. 70-grade FB, sitting 96 and topping 98 from a 5.4' release with 7' extension drawing 46% swing-miss. Big downer at 83 which is plus, with a hard slider at 89. Like the shape on his change-up, but he'll need to throw it more and add a sinker
More Zach Neto Propaganda via @DMstats30: Top 10 LA Sweet-Spot Improvers min 200 PA (making more flush contact):
The Phillies stop the Gage Wood slide, he has one of the best Curveballs and Fastballs in baseball.
Tanner Banks has quietly been nasty. .196 BAA, .333 SLG vs. Slider .186 BAA, .209 SLG vs. 4-Seam .231 BAA, .231 SLG vs. Sinker
Athlete Update: Jacob Fried🧵
Jacob Fried and Never Giving Up:
His pitch doesn’t “decay” or lose value either. It runs a 25% increase in whiff rate as he goes from early to later innings. Only 2 other pitches in baseball are better…
Sonny Gray’s sweeper would’ve won Comeback Pitch of the Year in 2023 if that existed. Not a reinvention—just not overfitting to a dip. Believe it or not, he abandoned it entirely in late Aug/Sept 2022. Since then? - 283 Ks on SL/ST — 2nd most in MLB. Outpaces 4th place… by…
I want to preface this by saying “pitch decay” is more in line with pitches seen “n” times through the order. (I’ll post that soon) Although I do still think there’s value in looking at repetitive usage during at-bats
In regards to pitch decay, I was curious to see which pitches play best in terms of whiffs when it makes another appearance in an at-bat. Top 15 below: