Author Archive: Harry Pavlidis

Another look at batted ball classifications—Gameday’s soft and sharp.

Gameday relies on stringers to classify batted balls. How consistent are they?

Sports Illustrated named its top set-up men of 2009. We take a closer look.

Six players “improved” their groundball rates in 2009. Two saw it happen without an actual improvement in performance.

With a new uniform in 2009, he took a new approach to his job.

The Cubs have a shot at back-to-back Rookies of the Year, thanks to the Blue Jays.

Royals starter looks at PITCHf/x, understands it, and, best of all, applies it.

If repeating the same actions and expecting a different outcome is a definition of insanity, then baseball is crazy.

We can no longer call these events PITCHf/x Summits—they are BASEBALLf/x Summits

Some challenges that can affect pitch classification and analysis.