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Optimizing Bat Paths

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

Every year new metrics are being made available to the public through Statcast. In the latest drop batting metrics were ...read more

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An examination of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s World Series Usage: Risky or perfectly safe and rational?

January 10, 2026January 10, 2026

As FOX returned to its World Series Game 7 coverage of the bottom of the ninth inning back in November, ...read more

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Is It Possible To Build Another Nolan Ryan? We Give It A Try.

December 18, 2025December 19, 2025

Leigh Montville was one of the few writers to get an up-close look at Nolan Ryan’s offseason routine. Prior to ...read more

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How many fastballs should a pitcher have on the menu?

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

Logan Webb did a curious thing in 2025, well, a few curious things. San Francisco Giants ace had alrady long established himself as one of the better ...read more

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spin axis

Pitch Design, Research

Mastering The Axis of Rotation: A Thorough Review of Spin Axis in Three Dimensions

September 6, 2019August 30, 2022

When we observe the trajectory of an incoming pitch as it is released from a pitcher’s hand, we inevitably witness ...read more

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Pitch Design, Pitching Mechanics

How Do We Generate Spin?

January 23, 2019August 30, 2022

With increasing accessibility to tools such as Rapsodo, Trackman, and Flightscope at all levels of the game, spin rate and ...read more

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Spin Rate Part II: Spin Axis & Useful Spin

November 28, 2016August 30, 2022

Building on Part One of this series we’ll be looking at how spin rate actually causes pitches to move, and ...read more

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