January 2008

Monthly Archive

January 28, 2008

MVN: Kelvim Escobar

Posted by Mike Fast under pitch classification, pitch results
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I have published a new article at MVN analzying Kelvim Escobar.

 

January 14, 2008

MVN: A PITCHf/x primer

Posted by Mike Fast under gameday, pitchfx glossary
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I’ve posted an introduction and tutorial on various PITCHf/x topics at MVN.

  1. What is PITCHf/x?
  2. How do I get and use the data?
  3. Where can I find resources?
  4. How do I identify pitch types?
  5. How do I interpret graphs?
  6. Is the data reliable?
  7. Where can I go for further discussion and study?
 

January 11, 2008

Rotojunkie: James Shields

Posted by Mike Fast under pitch classification, pitch results
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I wrote a guest column for Rotojunkie, one of my favorite baseball discussion hangouts, analyzing the pitch repertoire of James Shields.

 

January 9, 2008

MVN: Johan Santana

Posted by Mike Fast under pitch classification, pitch results
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I have a new article at MVN analyzing Johan Santana’s pitches.

 

January 3, 2008

MVN: Erik Bedard

Posted by Mike Fast under pitch classification, pitch results
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I have a new article at MVN analyzing Erik Bedard’s pitches.

If you’re interested in the raw data, you can download the Excel spreadsheet I used for the Bedard analysis.