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Monday, July 28, 2008

An inside changeup?

By Tangotiger, 09:59 AM

John looks into how often pitchers throw the inside changeup and how Ted Lilly bucks that trend.  I commented on ballhype:

John, can you show Lilly’s previous pitch and location, prior to the CH, and how that compares to the other pitchers?

I will guess that would be one way to figure if he meant to throw inside.  How often would a pitcher throw two balls consecutively inside, especially if it’s a FB/CH combination?

Unless you’ve already done it, I think that would be a great article on how pitchers “mix ‘em up”, in terms of distance gap between back-to-back pitches, break, and speed.

(12) Comments • 2008/07/29 • SabermetricsBall_Tracking
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