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Patrick Glancy's avatar

I am by no means anti-advanced stats, but I also wouldn't label myself as an analytics guy either. I like to think I'm a mix of old and new school, even if I tend to lean traditional, but I thought this was an excellent intro to a stat I've never followed too closely. A few more articles like this and you just might turn me into a real sabremetrician.

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Royals Data Dugout's avatar

lol I’m here to convert the skeptics! Glad you enjoyed it!

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Andrew's avatar

Love this article. Never explored this stat at all before. This may be my new favorite evaluation tool. Add this and average exit velocity against and I would bet the top of the list of those numbers put together is a who's who of elite pitchers.

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Royals Data Dugout's avatar

Worth looking into for sure!

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Murray Sacks's avatar

Interesting that there are very few fastballs on that list, and the ones that are on it come from pitchers with excellent non-fastball pitches. I also wonder if there’s a correlation (or perhaps a negative correlation) between CSW and innings pitched.

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Royals Data Dugout's avatar

Since most fastballs aren’t big whiff pitches I’m not surprised to mostly see sliders/changeups. I’d have to look into that second point though!

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Seth FeldKCamp's avatar

Very well explained and a stat I saw often, but couldn't every puzzle out what it was from the name. Bubic seems a very interesting case. His changeup is supposedly deadly, and his fastball velocity is barely adequate. But it's that fastball that rates highest on CSW%.

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Royals Data Dugout's avatar

Thank you! I’ll admit I’ve had trouble finding the right “middle ground” for the first handful of these. Scared to do something too basic or too advanced. Glad you enjoyed it!

The thing with Bubic’s fastball is he can throw it in the zone AND get whiffs, so it’ll look really strong in CSW%.

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