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Matt Garza's Slider is Filthy
draysbay.com - 10/28/2009
Matt Garza's Slider is Filthy
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These are all pitches thrown at least 200 times (except in Wade Davis ' case, the limit was 50). Note: Whiff% is (Swinging Strikes/Total Pitches)*100 and rounded to two decimal points. To avoid making this a data dump, here's some commentary: James Shields doesn't have ...

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Link Love and Minor Musings for 10-27-09
Baseball-Intellect — ... to conclude what the biggest factor was behind Anundsen’s decline. The moral of the story? Pitch counts matter! Hopefully for Anundsen’s sake, he’ll be able to find the velocity that has deserted him since high school. That he’s a been as good as he’s been without even average velocity is a testament to him. Phil Hughes is struggling heading into the World Series. Pitching coach Dave Eiland says Hughes needs to make a minor mechanical adjustment to get back to his old self. Matt Garza’s slider is filthy according to R.J. Anderson of DRaysBay . Tough break (no ...

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