Pitching Mechanics Rankings: Starting Pitchers in the 2022 MLB Playoffs
47% of all starting pitchers in the 2022 MLB Playoffs fall into the high injury risk category. Which starting pitchers have the best and worst pitching mechanics?
The Next Generation of Great MLB Teams will Equally Value Baseball Wisdom and Analytics
How can we begin to understand how analytics and traditional baseball wisdom can be treated equally? It starts with understanding how a person's wisdom in any subject is derived and can facilitate future decision-making. Whether changing the lineup, bringing in a new pitcher, scouting a player, developing a player, or maintaining a clubhouse, our actions are a product of an ongoing cycle from data to information to knowledge to wisdom.
The 2022 Detroit Tigers: Developmental Flaws Led to a Lost Season
While the firing of Al Avila seems like a shift in the right direction, the Detroit Tigers’ systematic approach toward development continues to hold the team back. How deep does this issue go? Let’s find out.
Case Study: The Decline of MLB Starting Pitchers
In this case study, Justin Orenduff examines the decline of the “traditional” starting pitcher in MLB using the Top 3 Pitchers drafted by each MLB team since 2012. In addition, the case study details which MLB Organization has done the best job of developing their top prospects into MLB Pitchers. The results paint a revealing trend about the direction of pitching development.
The Detroit Tigers have a pattern of top pitching prospects getting injured too soon, and so does MLB.
The post-Verlander Analytic Tigers look just like their 2000’s rebuild Tigers. Despite the "hype" about the armada of arms on the horizon. If the armada of arms can't stay healthy, how long will the Tigers remain in their rebuild? Hopefully, the revamped Tigers analytics and player development department can right the ship with Mize, Manning, Skubal, Faedo, Fulmer, but their current history and patterns suggest otherwise.
Keeping Jacob deGrom Healthy for Baseball and the Mets with this Simple Adjustment
Over the next month, deGrom will be shut down from throwing but during this period of time, the adjustment in the sequence of deGrom’s pitching delivery in this article can easily be implemented as part of his return to the Mets throwing program for the 2022 MLB season.
Four Factors to Consider When Increasing Velocity
The truth is there are aspects of our genetics that predispose us to have the ability to throw the baseball harder than our peers. Recognizing the genetic factors/components that affect velocity is essential to have a logical and realistic lens about your velocity potential. Can you train to improve your ability to throw harder? Of course, I wrote this article to outline four factors to consider when looking to increase velocity and how to better navigate your journey in search of more velocity.