Should the eephus pitch be thrown more frequently?

It’s pretty hard to record 27 outs without allowing a hit but not strike anyone out, but it has been done before.

As we see with the case of Danny Salazar, not necessarily.

There are many variables at play. Can they be teased out?

A first attempt at defining the vertical edges of the strike zone for the Edge% metric.

Extreme spin deflection and plus velocity meet in the person of one Marcus Stroman.

Can we predict what type of pitches certain pitchers will throw?

For the first time online, here is Jon’s SABR Award-nominated essay from THT 2014.

When will we see the first females in these roles?

Checking out the mechanics of the first pitchers selected