For oldjacket. Trying to run some numbers on Pablo and the high heater. I'm not sure I learned...

For oldjacket. Trying to run some numbers on Pablo and the high heater. I'm not sure I learned anything, yet, but it was good Excel practice.

You can read some other musings here: http://www.baycityball.com/2010/06/07/labwork-pablo-sandoval-and-the-high-fastball/
along with a data table with league averages.

almost 2 years ago xanthan 5 comments 0 recs |

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I think this is informative. My gut feeling was not that he was performing that much worse against the high heat, but that he was seeing more of it.

Generally, the classification of high fastballs is going to be difficult because hitters vary by height, and Sandoval is a bit short. I wonder if a lot of the fastballs that are “high” to Sandoval are going to be be right down the middle to other players.

(I’m too lazy to log into Wordpress).

Just get the damn surgery, Mark DeRosa.

by oldjacket on Jun 7, 2010 7:26 PM PDT reply actions

Ha, I never comment over at BCB because I don’t feel like logging in…..

by Missing Barry on Jun 7, 2010 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions

The thing is, though, that Sandoval’s current K rate is slightly lower than last year’s. His contact rates is 86.6%, completely identical to last year.

The problem is not missing balls. The main thing is that his BABIP is down to league average, as is his isolated SLG. He’s hitting like he was projected to hit before last year. There’s something very scary about that.

I was promised lasagna.

by Cookyman on Jun 7, 2010 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions