Michael Rosen

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another one: yaramil hiraldo, who ran a 40% swinging strike rate on his changeup last year. 40%!!!

for example: nate garkow, who is throwing changeups with 20 inches of iVB

Here Are Some Fun New Pitches From the Early Spring Fifteen guys to keep an eye on in Arizona and Florida.

there is so much baseball happening these days — who will find all the weird pitching stuff? it's me. i will find the weird pitching stuff for @fangraphs.com:

no swing data this spring : (

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not only are the shapes excellent, the delivery is so smooth and controlled, the 4.5% walk rate last year doesn't look like a fluke

oh my god ryan sloan looks ridiculous

cutter shape today is back to what it looked in 2024. there may have been some calibration issues in the first start

thank you!!

hiraldo propaganda coming soon to a blog post near you

hell yeah

yaramil hiraldo

it's just a pretty rare (maybe unprecedented) combo of K% and GB%

i think it's probably grading out a bit better than it should bc of the arm angle estimate, but yea if he can add a tick of velo and an inch of carry it's going to be a plus pitch

top 15 SP

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7069413/2026/02/24/paul-skenes-world-baseball-classic-pirates/

surprised this quote he gave yesterday didn't get much attention...

i emailed MLB so we'll see if they're willing to share some further specifics

realized today ken rosenthal/jayson stark reported this in may of last year

www.nytimes.com/athletic/636...

Leonardo DiCaprio quietly funds a tiny library in the middle of LA A branch of the city library was built on the grounds of the actor's childhood home.

as this is my neighborhood library, i'd like to take issue with the assertion that it is "tiny." it is decidedly medium-sized

ya that's fair, probably it wouldn't be worth the confusion of the different zones, but the pro case (as i see it) is less about giving the ump the benefit of the doubt and more to ward off concerns that the system is being precise to an unreasonable degree

i'm thinking sky's fuzzy zone idea would actually be good PR vs pretending ABS is operating with unbelievable levels of precision

it's been reported around 4mm for tennis calls, don't think i've ever seen a publicly reported value for pitches

i'd be fine with deferring to the original call if it's within hawkeye's margin of error

do they have anyone else that can play shortstop lol

and is that... a splinker? one-seam sinker??

plot is courtesy of @tjstats.ca's pitch plot app, an invaluable resource every spring

BATx is projecting drew anderson for a 31.5% K rate... he showed some pretty nasty secondaries today, fastball up nearly three ticks since his last MLB stint

gotta love vesia screaming like a maniac after a strikeout on february 23