BeyondTheBoxScore: Pitching Success and the Strike Zone - Visual Analysis

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http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/2/12/8018377/pitching-success-and-the-strike-zone-another-visual-analysis

It helps explain the differences between the 4-A pitchers and hitters and solid major leaguers -- in the case of hitters, it's the ability to lay off the outside pitches, and for pitchers the ability to paint the corners without giving hitters something they can drive.

My basic point remains the same as in my prior post -- hitters are ill-served by swinging at pitches outside the strike zone, and pitchers will have more success in pitching outside the zone. There is nothing momentous in this statement, but it's still fun to see the data illustrate it.