THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Joba: PITCHf/x

Is it me, or was the speed of his fastballs way more up/down than most pitchers?  Is it that he had a half-relief, half-starter mindset?  Was it simply one where he didn’t pace himself?  I’d like to see the movement numbers on his fastballs only, and maybe compare that to himself as a reliever, and then to other pitchers of the same style.

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