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January 3rd, 2009
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- Selective Streaming September 1, 2010For those of you who haven't listened to the last podcast first of all you should, but my topic was selective streaming. To follow up with that advice I wanted to start giving regular updates on whom to target for streaming. First, the list that I targeted on the show, based on widely available pitchers with K/9 around 6.5 or greater.Brandon MorrowJho […]Aaron Murray
- Roto Rundowns #16 - I Stream, You Stream... August 31, 2010Streaming pitchers is like fouling at the end of a basketball game; some people hate it, some love it. But no matter how you feel about the practice it's important not only to know when to stream and when not to but also who to stream and who not to. If you were waiting for the show in which I finally break down and give a list of players to target, […]Aaron Murray
- We've Still Got a Long Way to go, People August 29, 2010Take a look at a couple of pitchers currently available in more than half of Yahoo leagues,Pitcher A: K/9 7.86, BB/9 4.12Pitcher B: K/9 9.62, BB/9 4.24 Who would you rather own in a fantasy league? The first pitcher is Dice-K, started in 42% of leagues, the second in Joulys Chacin, started in just 7%. That's right, a guy with better than a K/inning an […]Aaron Murray
- Maximizing Scherzer August 27, 2010In his first eight starts this year Max Scherzer posted such poor numbers that he was sent down to AAA to work on his mechanics. His fastball had lost something and a break from the majors was in order, at least, that was the party line from the Tigers. And in this case it appears to have been correct. Scherzer's average fast ball before being sent d […]Aaron Murray
- Nine more Appearances and He'll be Outfielder Eligible August 25, 2010Like many, I'm a sucker for the oddities of baseball. Give me a highlight real of balks and inside the park home runs over grand slams and strikeouts any day. That's why, when I heard about Roy Oswalt's game last night I found all the video I could about it. To recap, in the 14th inning of a tie game Ryan Howard was ejected for arguing a ch […]Aaron Murray
Hi there,
Is there a place (maybe on mlb.com?) where pitch f/x data is readily available? What I’m looking for is data that would show the average speed for a pitcher’s pitches (say for the season) and the ability to compare that to their speed in the pitcher’s most current game(s).
Thanks,
Jeff Rich
I don’t believe there is an available database that would do what you want. If you want to set up your own database, I would suggest looking at Mike Fast’s article here.
Hi:
I want to know if there has been an increase in injuries to pitchers arms over the last 5 years or so.
And has there been an increase in pitchers on the disabled list with arm injuries over the last 5 years?
Do you have or where can I find out?
Thanks
I unfortunately only have DL injuries over the last 5 years but there has been an increase in arm injuries over the last 5 years. See this image below to see the differences as it pretty clearly has risen in the last 2-3 years.
Love the pitching analysis this year.
Could you please take a look at John Danks and tell me what you think? Merely slumping, or reason for owners to jump ship?
@Jeff Rich
In fangraphs.com they have the season average velocity for each pitcher’s pitches (by types). And in brooksbaseball.net you can find the pitch f/x and velocity per start. In the game logs of baseball-reference, they also have a link in each game for the pitch f/x data of brooks baseball.
Great site by the way. Great work by the authors.
Hi there. I’m a resident physician, and I was hoping to do more reading on injuries in the MLB. Could you tell me where you get the raw data for your site? I’d appreciate any help, and thanks so much for your time! Ted
Hello. I grab the data from everywhere on the internet and spending lots of time checking facts before putting it into the database. MLB injuries are easier to find information on, but generally I find it at Rotoworld, the local newspapers from each city, and national writers. Minor league injuries I have to go a lot deeper to find the information and usually focus on the very small local papers.