Baseball Savant: Pitcher Visualization for Dylan Bundy

[weams]

He spoke of using the slider more. 

[Frobby]

I heard a little bit of this interview, including an obsequious Jim Hunter going on about the poor run support Bundy received.   Luckily Bundy was having none of that.    When you post a 5.45 ERA you can’t whine about run support!

[Beef Supreme]

On 12/6/2018 at 5:53 AM, Luke-OH said:

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.

But does the slider put more stress on the arm than does the fastball? Recent research has disabused us of the claim that curves put more stress on the arm than do fastballs. Some researchers claim it is the fastball that causes more arm stress than do other pitches.

[jrobb21613]

I can remember watching a lot of Bundly Live when he was with the shorebirds and thinking that even though he’s throwing in the high 90’s getting guts out in the minors that if that fb doesn’t get any movement on it cuz it was flat he will struggle in the bigs. Now not only does it lack movement but also speed.

[Luke-OH]

6 hours ago, Beef Supreme said:

But does the slider put more stress on the arm than does the fastball? Recent research has disabused us of the claim that curves put more stress on the arm than do fastballs. Some researchers claim it is the fastball that causes more arm stress than do other pitches.

I’m honestly not knowledgeable enough about the science here to say, and kind of doubt that it’s the same for every pitcher. That’s why I put protect in quotations, because I’m not sure limiting slider usage would actually do anything to protect him.

[Enjoy Terror]

You could make tons of arguments why they aren’t the same pitcher, pointing out K/9 rates and power pitching vs finesse ... whatever arguments you have, Dylan Bundy has put together an Orioles career that looks a heck of a lot like Brad Bergesen’s. It’s not a compliment.