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The Kirby Corollary: Why Batters Don’t Swing at Sliders

The Influence of Kirby Puckett: Exploring the Reasons Behind Batters’ Reluctance to Swing at Sliders

SportsNews2 years ago09 mins

[ad_1] Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports George Kirby had Javier Báez right where he wanted him. It was October 3, 2022, the last start of Kirby’s excellent rookie year, and Kirby had Báez, the king of chasing sliders off the plate, in an 0-2 count. His catcher, Cal Raleigh, set up off the plate, suggesting that…

Introducing the Kirby Index: A New Way to Quantify Command

Presenting the Kirby Index: Revolutionizing the Measurement of Pitching Control

SportsNews2 years ago03 mins

[ad_1] Steven Bisig-USA TODAY Sports In my research on JP Sears’ fastball command for my blog Pitch Plots, I discovered a crucial question: Why does a pitch end up where it does? I found that release trajectory is the key variable in determining the location of a pitch. By analyzing release angles along with release…