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MLB Baseball Player Stats & Stats Leaders - Pitches per Plate Appearance (teamrankings.com) A lot of high K% guys also have high # of pitches per plate appearance. The push for K% has led to more pitches per plate appearance. -
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By Can_of_corn · Posted
OK, stick with me here for a second. Means threw 96 pitches, 65 of which were strikes. Grayson thew threw 99 pitches, 73 of which were strikes. So what exactly is your argument? Is it that the pitches Means was throwing were easier to hit cleanly and put into play? And that's a good thing? -
Means K’d 4/24 batters faced - 17% (Terrible called ball on last batter faced, should have been 5/24, 21%) Cleveland as a team K’s at about 19% rate. -
Sounds like you're making an argument for Frazier? A ball in play is better than a K for hitters too! Wily vets and junk-ballers have been around for ages. Their success/failure is about the quality of contact. A ball in play (i.e. the strength of Frazier) is out of the pitcher's control. So everything leading up to the point of contact matters: pitch mix, hitter's anticipation/approach, release point, speed/movement, angle of approach, hitter's swing path and timing, defensive positioning... Many more variables that have to line up for a low-K rate pitcher. There's more than one path to success.
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By Sports Guy · Posted
There is zero evidence that says, if you get more Ks you throw more pitches. We have seen tons of starts where pitchers get lots of Ks and have their pitch count be efficient. Pitch count generally rises because of baserunners, especially walks. The less outs you get, the more baserunners you have, the more pitches you throw. Now, as with any rule, there are always exceptions but saying pitching to contact leads to a lower pitch count is factually wrong. Means has been pitching to contact since he was brought up and he threw a lot of pitches and only made it through 5. -
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