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Geoff Young Geoff Young posted 5/16/2008 from www.fangraphs.com [flag]
Nice analysis of how Mike Mussina has adapted his pitching style in recent years to offset a decline in velocity. [link]

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Scouting Mussina
Published 5/16/2008 by Tangotiger (tangotiger@yahoo.com) at THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball
... Knowing that a guy’s fastball speed has dropped 4mph is an important thing to know.  What you’d also like to know is if the movement on the fastball has changed to compensate.  This is where PITCHf/x comes in.  Similarly, a guy’s fastball could have stayed the same, but if it was accompanied with much less movement than usual, that’s also important to know.  Anyway, great job, and I’m looking forward to seeing more scouting aging patterns among pitchers. ...

THT Live:The New Mussina
Published 5/16/2008 by Matthew Carruth at The Hardball Times
The New Mussina by Matthew Carruth May 16, 2008 Dave Cameron chimes in on how Mike Mussina has been able to take his diminished stuff and maintain a level of success so far this season. Matthew Carruth is an editor for The Hardball Times. He welcomes any and all sorts of communication at his ...

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