Category: 5 Tools
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Shapes & Sizes: NL Central Average Joes
With the season winding down to a close I wanted to cover the last couple of divisions in this series. Let’s take a look at the “average looking” guys on each staff. Chicago Cubs Here’s a scatter plot of their 40-man roster pitching staff Somewhere in the middle of this graph, you will find a…
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The Freaks & Outliers: NL East Pitchers
In the National East we are once again going to be seeing representatives on either end of the height, weight, and BMI spectrum. Tallest Eury Perez is a long 6’8″. Just look at him at this critical part of the delivery. If you looked up the term “get long” in a pitching coaches dictionary you…
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Shapes & Size – Average Joe’s in the NL East
I wanted to start with the Mets only because I had a tough time finding a guy on their active roster who fit the bill of being “average” based on these results. So I only examined the guys that are on their current active roster in mid-aug 2023. Just after they traded two sure-fire hall…
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Shapes and Sizes – AL West – Outliers
Let’s look at the freaks!! Or maybe we should call them outliers. This article will explore some of the shortest, tallest, lightest, and heaviest pitchers in the AL West. My reasoning for writting and publishing this is simply to share what I am trying to learn. My goal in looking at the various types of…
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Shapes and Sizes – Average American League West Pitchers
The American League West has had more than its outstanding pitchers in its history. The top two strikeout pitchers of all-time, Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson spent most of their careers with teams in the American League West. Today we are going to look at the average pitcher in this division. When I say average…