Michael Rosen

😊 ryan sloan may soon be the top pitching prospect in baseball

😩 his main competition is probably going to be brody hopkins

inching closer to the day when a pitching prospect weighs the strengths and benefits of each respective public stuff model

really fun one from @davidlaurila.bsky.social

that's awesome to hear, ty

all respect to ben who is amazing but i must let you know that was my article lol

ok last one: tristan garnett is throwing screwballs from a 7.4 foot release height

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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 : (

😩😩😩😩😩😩

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