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- Most baseball analysts, such as sabermetrician Tom Tango, agree that ground ball pitchers are generally better pitchers than those with fly ball tendencies. Meanwhile, baseball writer and analyst Bill James argues the opposite because of injury patterns among ground ball pitchers.
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Dec 12, 2014 · We know that ground balls generally have a lower run value than fly balls despite their higher BABIP, and in general, pitchers who throw more ground balls perform better overall. But it’s not...
- Neil Weinberg
- Pitch Mix and Outcomes
- Batted Ball Distribution and Outcomes
- The Importance of Velocity
- Change Through The Years
- Accommodating PITCHf/x in The Statcast Eratm
- What to Expect For 2018
Table 1 depicts pitch distribution by ground ball rate bin. Fly ball pitchers throw slightly more off-speed pitches — namely, sliders and change-ups — but not so much more often to make it noteworthy. Rather, fly ball pitchers tend to rely significantly more on four-seam fastballs; ground ball pitchers, on sinkers. From 10,000 feet, this isn’t surp...
At this point, in a vacuum, the fly ball pitchers carry the slightest advantage: they induce more whiffs and, thus, fewer balls in play, creating fewer opportunities for hitters to inflict damage upon them. Of course, not all balls in play are created equal. And, at a very basic back-of-the-trading-card level of analysis, fly ball pitchers continue...
Truth be told, velocity bears little importance upon either a pitcher’s ability to induce ground balls or a pitcher’s ability to limit home runs. The average pitcher whose fastball clocks in at any given normal fastball velocity can expect a ground ball rate between 42 percent and 44 percent and a HR/FB rate between 13.8 percent and 15.3 percent on...
Tables 9 through 12 show how the home run landscape has changed over the last decade-plus through the lens of several aforementioned advanced metrics: ISO, HR/FB, HR/BIP, and HR/AB. This longitudinal look affirms many of the axioms previously discussed. The tables reflect trends mentioned earlier. Pitchers who induce fewer ground balls allow more h...
In January, FanGraphs’/The Hardball Times’ Jeff Zimmerman converted cryptic spring training data into ground ball rates and, later, launch angles — the backbone of the modern sabermetric movement fueled by Statcast data. For the time being, ground ball rates and launch angles can peacefully cohabit the sabermetric space in which we work. In the eve...
Expect more of the same. It’s outside my scope to predict what will happen to the structural integrity of baseballs next season, but it’d be unwise betting against Commissioner Rob Manfred to issue an order to de-juice them. That said, the amount of juice in the balls doesn’t change facts that have withstood the test of time (and external, juicy fo...
- Alex Chamberlain
Jun 18, 2019 · Gene McCaffrey compares extreme ground-ball pitchers to extreme fly-ballers to debunk the notion that fly-ball pitchers should be avoided.
- Gene Mccaffrey
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May 11, 2007 · In today’s Hardball Times, Matthew Carruth did an analysis on extreme groundball pitchers and how they do not really give up more home runs-per-fly ball (HR/FB) than your typical pitcher.
it’s both. a primarily heavy sinker pitcher tends to induce more ground balls because sinkers get thrown low and break down, which have hitters get on top of them.
May 12, 2006 · What does that mean? Simply put, ground ball pitchers are much more likely to allow a line drive on a non-ground ball, and vice-versa. Logically, that makes sense: For a fly ball...
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Feb 17, 2010 · In general, ground balls go for hits more often than fly balls (although they don’t result in extra base hits as often). But the higher a pitcher’s ground ball rate, the easier it is for their...
