Pitchers Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/pitchers/ Experience the game beyond the screen Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:04:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://sandjack.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Sand-Jack-fav-32x32.png Pitchers Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/pitchers/ 32 32 rewrite this title Cubs are crushing pitchers with patience at the plate https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-cubs-are-crushing-pitchers-with-patience-at-the-plate/ https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-cubs-are-crushing-pitchers-with-patience-at-the-plate/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:04:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-cubs-are-crushing-pitchers-with-patience-at-the-plate/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags In an era of max-effort pitching and uppercut swings, the Chicago Cubs (9-6, 1st place, NL Central) are choosing a different approach: patience. They’re not just winning games; they’re dragging opponents through long at-bats, racking up walks and punishing every mistake that follows. And it’s working. Entering play […]

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]]> https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-cubs-are-crushing-pitchers-with-patience-at-the-plate/feed/ 0 39714 rewrite this title Who are the hardest-throwing MLB pitchers right now? https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-who-are-the-hardest-throwing-mlb-pitchers-right-now/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:36:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-who-are-the-hardest-throwing-mlb-pitchers-right-now/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Pitchers have never thrown harder than they do in modern MLB, with velocity considered one of the most valuable currencies. These are the hardest-throwing pitchers in MLB for the 2025 season, based on average four-seam fastball velocity from Statcast.   Denny Medley / USA Today Sports Images Joyce […]

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]]> 39318 rewrite this title Szymborski’s 2025 Booms and Busts: Pitchers https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-szymborskis-2025-booms-and-busts-pitchers/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:30:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-szymborskis-2025-booms-and-busts-pitchers/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Lon Horwedel and Jerome Miron-Imagn Images As someone who runs a lot of projections, I’m used to being very wrong. Of the approximately 4,000 players projected every season, some 800 or so will fail to meet their 10th-percentile projection or exceed their 90th, meaning ZiPS, and by extension […]

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]]> 37616 rewrite this title Sunday Notes: Jackson Jobe and Andrew Painter Are Promising Power Pitchers https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-sunday-notes-jackson-jobe-and-andrew-painter-are-promising-power-pitchers/ Sun, 16 Mar 2025 11:54:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-sunday-notes-jackson-jobe-and-andrew-painter-are-promising-power-pitchers/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Jackson Jobe supplied a quality quote when asked about last weekend’s three-straight-heaters punchout of Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr..””I’m done with trying to dot a gnat’s ass,” he told a small group of reporters. “It’s, ‘Here’s my stuff. If you hit it, good. Odds are, probably not.” Jobe is […]

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]]> 36504 rewrite this title Still on the Shelves, Part II: Top Remaining Free Agent Pitchers https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-still-on-the-shelves-part-ii-top-remaining-free-agent-pitchers/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:20:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-still-on-the-shelves-part-ii-top-remaining-free-agent-pitchers/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Bill Streicher and Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Jose Quintana spent much of the 2024 season as the weak link in the Mets’ rotation. Through August 20 — a point when I happened to check in at Citi Field — he was lit for a 4.57 ERA and 5.13 FIP in […]

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]]> 34185 rewrite this title AL rising stars: Promising pitchers could boost these teams https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-al-rising-stars-promising-pitchers-could-boost-these-teams/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 05:47:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/rewrite-this-title-al-rising-stars-promising-pitchers-could-boost-these-teams/ rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Play ball (finally)! Ahead of pitchers and catchers reporting this week for spring training, Yardbarker MLB writers identify one rising star on each American League team. (Last season’s regular-season records are in parentheses.) AL East BALTIMORE ORIOLES (91-71) | Second baseman Jackson Holliday struggled mightily in his debut season […]

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]]> 32478 Analyzing Exit Velocity for Hitters and Pitchers: A Closer Look https://sandjack.tv/analyzing-exit-velocity-for-hitters-and-pitchers-a-closer-look/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:03:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/analyzing-exit-velocity-for-hitters-and-pitchers-a-closer-look/ Image credit: © Geoff Burke-Imagn Images A few weeks ago, I discussed the option of moving beyond current metrics for summarizing exit velocity, such as the raw mean and the 90th percentile. The reasons for this include that (1) the exit velocity distribution is heavily left-skewed, so the raw mean is missing important information; (2) […]

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]]> 28650 Have the Rays finished trading away their surplus of starting pitchers? https://sandjack.tv/have-the-rays-finished-trading-away-their-surplus-of-starting-pitchers/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 05:31:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/have-the-rays-finished-trading-away-their-surplus-of-starting-pitchers/ The Rays finalized a significant trade with the Athletics on Saturday, acquiring three players and a Competitive Balance Round draft pick in exchange for pitchers Jeffrey Springs and Jacob Lopez. Tampa’s president of baseball operations, Erik Neander, expressed that the decision to part ways with Springs was tough, as the A’s had a strong interest […]

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]]> 25708 Athletics land two pitchers in significant trade https://sandjack.tv/athletics-land-two-pitchers-in-significant-trade/ Sun, 15 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/athletics-land-two-pitchers-in-significant-trade/ After a standout season, Springs signed a lucrative contract extension, but a lengthy injury sidelined him from the Rays’ rotation. Looking ahead to 2025, the rotation will feature a new crop of starters, including Shane McClanahan, Ryan Pepiot, Taj Bradley, Shane Baz, Zack Littell, and Drew Rasmussen. Given Springs’ increasing salary, it was expected that […]

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]]> 25559 Five Pitchers Not Offered Contracts To Watch This Offseason https://sandjack.tv/five-pitchers-not-offered-contracts-to-watch-this-offseason/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 04:58:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/five-pitchers-not-offered-contracts-to-watch-this-offseason/ Each year, MLB’s non-tender deadline allows clubs to release some of their players who are still under team control early to test the open market. This can happen due to increasing arbitration costs or the need to clear space on the 40-man roster. We recently discussed five hitters from this year’s group of non-tendered players […]

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