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herbie's avatar

enjoyed this - thanks. Where/what sight would I find the "Movement Profile" diagrams?

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Royals Data Dugout's avatar

Thanks for reading, Herbie! Great question, that’s certainly something I should’ve included in the post. You can find the movement profiles I used on each player’s Baseball Savant page. For example, here’s Cole Ragans, just scroll a tiny bit down on your phone or, on desktop, the movement profiles will be at the top in the right corner.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/cole-ragans-666142?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb

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Mason Linken's avatar

Awesome read!

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Royals Data Dugout's avatar

Thanks for checking it out!

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Darin Watson's avatar

Very interesting. It would be nice if Sauer could convert that stuff(+) into some outs.

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Royals Data Dugout's avatar

Right? Fact is, he just couldn't throw strikes as a Royal and now he gets to try as a Dodger (though he has as good of a shot at making that team as I do). A perfect example of "stuff" being just one part of what makes pitchers successful (or not).

Thanks for reading!

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Darin Watson's avatar

Shoot, I forgot he's a Dodger now. Well, as long as he doesn't end up on an AL team after the Dodgers cut him...

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