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Baseball Savant: Pitcher Visualization for Dylan Bundy

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One thing this will show you quite strikingly is if a pitcher changed his position on the rubber during the season. Look at David Hess' release point: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/player-scroll?player_id=605276#release_points 

The summary says his release point is erratic but he very clearly moved from one side of the rubber to the other (though it may also say that because his curveball release point is significantly higher - bet the O's will have him work on that).

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One thing that was immediate to me is they're talking about spin rate.  I'd want to know how he stacks up against the league average.  Or better yet, what percentile that places him in.  In other words, is his slider a top 15% in the majors for spin rate?  Without context, the information is hard to make sense of.  It tells you how about the movement of his pitches stacks up against league average, which is nice.  And the more that I go down the rabbit hole, it tells you how he stacks up against league average for other things.

I personally cannot stand the charts from behind home plate.  If anyone can pretend to make sense of a few thousand little dots all over the place, great.  It looks like a Jackson Pollock to me.  

It's a lot of information to take in all at once and a bit overwhelming.  I'm not sure what to make of all of it, really as it doesn't draw any conclusions for you at the end.   If you're looking for something specific, it's probably really nice.

 

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57 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

One thing that was immediate to me is they're talking about spin rate.  I'd want to know how he stacks up against the league average.  Or better yet, what percentile that places him in.  In other words, is his slider a top 15% in the majors for spin rate?  Without context, the information is hard to make sense of.  It tells you how about the movement of his pitches stacks up against league average, which is nice.  And the more that I go down the rabbit hole, it tells you how he stacks up against league average for other things.

I personally cannot stand the charts from behind home plate.  If anyone can pretend to make sense of a few thousand little dots all over the place, great.  It looks like a Jackson Pollock to me.  

It's a lot of information to take in all at once and a bit overwhelming.  I'm not sure what to make of all of it, really as it doesn't draw any conclusions for you at the end.   If you're looking for something specific, it's probably really nice.

 

If his spin rate is high, then maybe he could change grips to create more movement.

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I have some simple but I think important analysis on Dylan Bundy.

He should throw the slider as often as Patrick Corbin. It’s his best pitch, he commands it pretty well, it’s by far the most effective. He throws it 20 some % of the time, bump it up to 30-40% for immediate improvement.

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3 hours ago, Luke-OH said:

I have some simple but I think important analysis on Dylan Bundy.

He should throw the slider as often as Patrick Corbin. It’s his best pitch, he commands it pretty well, it’s by far the most effective. He throws it 20 some % of the time, bump it up to 30-40% for immediate improvement.

But can Bundy’s arm/shoulder handle that?  I’m not an expert, and it’s the offseason, but doesn’t the “slider” grip, put strain on things?

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27 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

But can Bundy’s arm/shoulder handle that?  I’m not an expert, and it’s the offseason, but doesn’t the “slider” grip, put strain on things?

Bundy’s shoulder is already a disaster, it’s taken everything but his slider. I think it’s too late to be thinking about pitch usage to “protect” his arm/shoulder.

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7 hours ago, Luke-OH said:

I have some simple but I think important analysis on Dylan Bundy.

He should throw the slider as often as Patrick Corbin. It’s his best pitch, he commands it pretty well, it’s by far the most effective. He throws it 20 some % of the time, bump it up to 30-40% for immediate improvement.

Yeah either he loves the fastball or the Orioles people emphasized throwing the fastball. But it's just not a very good pitch for him. Middling velocity, middling movement, and it tends to float into the middle of the plate. 

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