Andrew

@Andrew__Kort

Environmental biologist in San Diego.

California, USA
Vrijeme pridruživanja: travanj 2019.

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  1. Prikvačeni tweet
    26. ruj 2019.
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    Maybe if I type ominous sentences that dont actually say anything broken up by a bunch of spaces people will listen to me

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  2. prije 24 sata
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  3. 2. velj

    (15/15) Not only that, it appears in 2019 he might've somehow taken a step forwards in the quality of his stuff; at the very least I believe the numbers show he is healthy.

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  4. 2. velj

    (14/x) he thrown enough pitches to qualify. Richards has always had electrifying stuff; when viewed under an admittedly very basic lens of BU and some movement numbers, Richards has comparable stuff to Gerrit Cole.

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  5. 2. velj

    (13/x) And the movement, oh the movement. In 2018, Richards' curveball had the most vertical movement of any curveball in MLB and it wasn't even close. In 2019, the vertical movement was basically the same and would've been easily tops in the majors by the same margin as 2018 had

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  6. 2. velj

    (12/x) For comparison, in 2019 Glasnow's and Cole's curveballs both were at 35 BU. In 2019, Richards' curveball averaged 80.5mph and 3431mph(!!), good for 42.6 BU! Fun fact: Richards' curveball averaged the highest rpm in baseball minimum 50 pitches in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

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  7. 2. velj

    (11/x) In 2019, it would've been top 15 if qualified. I have, of course, saved the best for last: Richards' curveball. It's possibly the best combination of velocity, spin rate, and movement of any curve in MLB. In 2018, Richards' curveball averaged 81mph and 3252rpm, or 40 BU.

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  8. 2. velj

    (10/x) slider averaged 89.1mph and 3013rpm, or 33.8 BU! But again, BU is not as effective at analyzing off-speed stuff. We can see the spin rate and velocity are elite. So what about movement? In 2018, Richards' slider featured top 10 vertical movement among qualified pitchers.

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  9. 2. velj

    (9/x) an elite combo of velocity and spin rate. But as good as those two pitches are, they might not even be as good as his off-speed. In 2018 Richards' slider averaged 89.2mph and 2897rpm, or 32.5 BU. For comparison, in 2019 Cole's slider was at 29.4 BU. In 2019, Richards'

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  10. 2. velj

    (8/x) In 2018, Richards' sinker or two-seamer averaged 95.9mph and 2544rpm, good for a 26.5 BU. For comparison, in 2019 Chapman's two-seamer was 25.4 BU and Cole's was 25.8 BU. In 2019, Richards' sinker averaged 95.2mph and 2664mph, or 28 BU! So both of Richards' fastballs have

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  11. 2. velj

    (7/x) be throwing the four-seamer up in the zone for success. If we look at Richards' four-seamer contour plots for 2017, 2018, and 2019, we can see this happened in 2017 and 2018 but not 2019. It will be interesting to see in 2020 if this was rusty command or purposeful change.

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  12. 2. velj

    (6/x) For comparison, in 2019 Verlander's four-seamer was 27.2 BU and Cole's at 26.1 BU. This tells us Richards has elite spin and velocity on his four-seamer. BTW, in 2019, Richards' four-seamer averaged 94.9mph and 2673rpm, good for 28.2 BU! As mentioned before, he should

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  13. 2. velj

    (5/x) Garrett Richards has really good stuff. His velocity, movement, and spin rate on each pitch (four-seam, sinker, curve, & slider) range from very good to elite. Just how good? Let's look at the four-seamer first. In 2018, it averaged 95.8mph and 2602rpm, good for 27.2 BU.

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  14. 2. velj

    (4/x) Based on the above chart, we can see the harder you throw and more spin you impart, the higher the swinging strike percentage. Launch angle goes up, as well, which tells us a four-seam fastball with a high BU should be thrown up in the zone. I'll touch on this a bit later.

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  15. 2. velj

    (3/x) B/c of the complexities of spin rate, its relation to spin axis, and velocity, BU is more effective at comparing fastballs than off-speed pitches. Why does spin rate matter? Spin rate and velocity are directly correlated to swinging strike percentage and launch angle.

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  16. 2. velj

    (2/x) In the thread I'll be using a stat by called Bauer Units (BU) () that normalizes spin rate/velocity. Spin rate increases w/ velocity, so it's important to take velocity into account comparing spin rates. Stats from

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  17. 2. velj

    (1/x) Inspired by this post by Eno Sarris I thought I'd do a thread on Garrett Richards' stuff as compared to other top pitchers and how it might've been better in 2019. The comparisons are more for fun than scientific but it's data-based.

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  18. 31. sij

    Lisa Murkowski thinks the impeachment process is partisan and that partisanship is growing. So naturally her solution for that is a vote that runs strictly along party lines for favorability and that less than 50% of Americans want.

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  19. 30. sij

    *POLITICS* For as much as MAGA people go on about bringing down pedophiles and people associated with Epstein and the deep state blah blah, they sure do turn a blind eye to Epstein's friend Alan Dershowitz a.k.a. Mr. Underwear, the guy who got Epstein the 2008 plea deal.

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  20. 29. sij
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  21. 29. sij

    fans how do you not realize these accounts are run by the same person and this person is a troll? This person has no info on Mookie Betts or a Padres trade

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