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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
The shift, by pitch type
Jonathan presents his work, which is going to take (me anyway) several minutes to calibrate in my head:
In review
* In general, play the infield more to pull and the outfield away with a like-handed hitter pitcher matchup.
* Do the exact opposite with opposite-handed pitchers and hitters.
* Right-handed batters pull almost every grounder when facing breaking balls from the right side, and vice-versa from the left.
* Don’t play hitters to pull, either in the the infield or outfield, with a sinkerballer on the mound.
* Part of what keeps sinkers in the park is likely their tailing action as well as their drop.
* If a pitcher is paints the outside corner with a changeup, batters are likely to take it the other way.
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