Can we find some PITCHf/x variables that correlate with arm-related injuries?

Confirming the flaws and the strengths of the system.

A look at the five left-handed pitchers from the 2010 Futures Game.

Every year brings changes and improvements to MLBAM’s Gameday application, and many of them have some bearing on PITCHf/x and related analysis. Let me share with you the differences I’ve noticed so far in 2010. First, Cory Schwartz of MLBAM notified some of us in February that some redundant information was going to be removed […]

Over at Baseball Analysts, I tried to find what pitchers had the best fastballs, breaking balls, and off-speed pitches using using velocity, movement, and location as my parameters. I thought it might be interesting to look at individual pitches as well. By my methodology, the best pitches are well-located fastballs in hitter’s counts. Randy Wolf, […]

Dave Allen just wrote an excellent little primer on how to get Pitch f/x data. He links to a ton of free ways in which you can get the data, and in the comments I link to article to help those with a Mac.

RZ provides a rundown of all the online pitchf/x goodies out there, and reveals a new one by Joe Lefkowitz that I highly recommend, though it’s still a work in progress. As RZ describes it, it’s useful for those “who don’t have a MySQL database and are good at working with Excel data.”

The 2009 AL Rookie of the Year scouted—digitally.

Per MLBAM’s Cory Schwartz, the Arizona Fall League has PITCHf/x camera systems operational at the Surprise and Peoria parks. PITCHf/x data will be available for all your favorite AFL participants, including Phillippe Aumont, Ian Kennedy, and, perhaps, super-uber-star prospect Stephen Strasburg and everyone’s favorite Phillies minor league blogger Michael Schwimer, if the stars align so […]

The ability to get hit by a pitch is an under-appreciated skill, perhaps to an even greater extent than the ability to draw walks. I’ve always felt that simple HBP per plate appearance leaderboards captured the best Biggios in the game, but in a needless effort to complicate things, I decided to bring a crude […]