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Introducing Yu Darvish
FanGraphs Baseball —
... Why was Darvish’s slider so untouchable? Harry Pavlidis – one of the best PitchFx imagery creators around – created a pair of flight paths showing Darvish’s pitches from an overhead and first base view. Both of those images can be viewed ...
Open Thread: TGIFR
River Avenue Blues —
... at Fangraphs and Harry Pavlidis at Beyond the Box Score both took a look at his start against Korea, Pitch f/x style. ...
WBC Pitch F/X
Japan, Hockey, Baseball, etc. —
... pitchers for their games pitched in MLB parks, these are normally data that are not seen or available, either in these pitchers home countries or in the US. The websites BeyondTheBoxscore and FanGraphs are doing a great job gathering and breaking down the data, so I’m just gonna link to them here (also for posterity since these articles are already getting buried under the usual barrage of MLB articles). All articles are interesting.
Yu Darvish (Japan) - FanGraphs, BeyondTheBoxscore (satisfying all observers with his stuff)
Hisashi ...
Second round WBC coverage
The Hardball Times —
... is probably not going to play against left handed batters which is why he threw only sinkers to the one he faced in round two. Against right handed batters with the funky arm angles and deception with his pitches it will likely be hard for them to quickly determine if the ball is going to hit him in his thigh or glide over the outside corner. Next week, the finals of the WBC and a look at some really interesting Japanese and Korean pitchers. For a teaser check out Harry Pavlidis' look at Yu Darvish . Josh Kalk is a physics and math geek who can also be found blogging at ...
Around The Web: Insert Creative Title Here
Fire Ned Colletti Now —
... the rotation potential. There's a lot of those actually, they just haven't proven anything yet. MLB.com: Dodgers have moved Lindblom to the major league camp. He's also in the running for the 5th rotation spot now. If you missed it before, here's his 'Prospect Profile'. MLB.com: The release of Brazoban by the Dodgers is a good example of how quickly good things can go bad. Beyond The Box Score: A primer on lineup optimization. Beyond The Box Score: I want Yu Darvish. Steroids And Baseball: This is for my ...
