Passan: Spin Rate

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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/10-degrees--the-next-baseball-revolution-is-here--and-spin-is-in-050433447-mlb.html

For anyone interested in the game, from geeks to casual fans, the data dump represents a watershed moment: Baseball is reigniting the ability to better understand things thought long understood.

Already, thanks to MLB?s At-Bat app and the enterprising Daren Willman of BaseballSavant.com, we?ve seen a smattering of information on the speed of batted balls. The data has been illuminating in a vacuum ? the idea that Giancarlo Stanton has hit two balls 120 mph this year and they?ve gone for a single and double is just fun to know ? but there?s not enough there to establish patterns and understand what, exactly, we can glean from exit velocity.

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http://www.sportstalkflorida.com/spin-rate-the-new-standard-for-mlb-pitchers

Spin rate is here. Get use to hearing about it.

Let's simplify what this means. Spin rate--by definition--is considered aprimary indicator of swing and miss ability, the speed the ball is spinning as it leaves the pitcher's hand in Revolutions Per Minute, or RPM.

So is it as simple as...high spin rate = harder to hit? Well yes, that can definitely be said about breaking balls at least. At his peak, Justin Verlander's curveball had an RPM of 3,000, and spun 23% faster than the average MLB pitcher, and the results certainly showed in his swing and miss rate on the pitch, as well as his ERA and WHIP.

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https://podfanatic.com/podcast/statcast-podcast/episode/12-17-15-statcast-is-growing-up