Pitchers Are Throwing Less In Spring Training
As Spring Training wraps up yet again, it’s worth pausing briefly to consider one key aspect of MLB’s preseason. Of course, Spring Training is about a lot of things. It is about new beginnings...
Author: Ben Perry
Have the Rangers Done Enough to Compete in 2026?
The Rangers have had a relatively busy offseason, once again reshuffling their roster in an attempt to jumpstart a disappointing lineup and provide requisite depth across an otherwise thin pitching staff. But have those...
Pitching Approaches in 0-2 Counts: A 2025 Review
This post briefly covers 0-2 pitches in 2025. To start, let’s all just acknowledge that hitting with an 0-2 count has to be pretty miserable; pitchers have no great incentive to offer anything particularly...
Are Pitchers Getting More Rest Between Starts?
Pitcher health and load management have become more important than ever in recent years as the incidence of arm injuries has risen. The reasons for that spike in injuries are complex and probably due...
A Brief Postmortem of the 2025 Texas Rangers’ Season
While the 2025 regular season is not yet complete, the Texas Rangers were just yesterday eliminated from the postseason hunt. Given that fact, in tandem with my fandom of the Rangers, this post will...
Right, Left, Side to Side: Horizontal Pitch Movement Frequencies
A couple of the interesting terms in baseball’s lexicon are “front door” and “back door” pitches. Front door pitches start inside on a hitter, but end up cutting across the inside portion of the...
A Simple Way to Measure, and Appreciate, Innings Eaters
Let’s start by acknowledging that baseball is really hard. It’s hard for hitters, who over the last decade have had to keep up with rising velocities, increasing spin, and greater extension from pitchers. And...
Pulling the Baseball Hard in the Air: Risers in 2024
A couple weeks ago, Jeff Passan wrote an article for ESPN on a trio of talented Red Sox prospects: Kristian Campbell, Roman Anthony, and Marcelo Mayer. The overarching theme of that article, as I...
Considering Pitch Movement Across Types of Pitches
The creation and availability of pitch tracking technology has naturally beget all types of interest and analysis, and for good reason. Pitch characteristic data is rich in information and offers a path to better...
Walking, Fast and Slow
When I was in Little League, it was a common refrain of coaches that not all walks were created equal, and that some were particularly egregious to permit. That is because walks, like all...