Will New Pitch Data Help Us Quantify Deception?
Eno, Trevor, and DVR discuss a report from ESPN's Jesse Rogers that MLB might consider a future rule requiring a six-inning minimum for starting pitchers before taking a deep dive into pitch angles and how future data in this area might make it easier to quantify deception.
Plus, they discuss a recent story that Eno wrote with Britt Ghiroli about the Orioles' success in developing hitters, and they play their first ever installment of 'Name That Dude'.
Rundown
0:57 MLB Considering a Six-Inning Minimum for Starting Pitchers?
14:57 Will Pitch Release Angle Data Help Us Quantify Deception?
23:03 Finding Ideal Horizontal Movement on Fastballs With Release Angle
37:49 What’s In the O’s Secret Sauce with Hitting Development?
44:47 Scouting for Curiosity Within Makeup
54:46 Do Players on Bad Team Get Bored?
1:03:49 Name That Dude
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Related Reading
Jesse Rogers' six-inning minimum (ESPN): https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40847173/mlb-rule-changes-2024-six-inning-starting-pitcher-injuries-tommy-john
Michael Rosen on pitch release angles (FanGraphs): https://blogs.fangraphs.com/its-release-angles-all-the-way-down/
Eno & Britt on the Orioles' hitting development:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5696854/2024/08/15/orioles-hitters-development-vertical-bat-angle/
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