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Brad Hand's Fastball - I wanted to lead with a pitch that most likely was completely forgotten about in the grand scheme of the game, but deserves plenty of extra looks as Hand tossed a 95mph Fastball with more depth than other pitchers' sliders during the event. No wonder Gary Sanchez came up empty handed.
Nick, I thought you might find this interesting. At home against left-handed hitters Teheran has an 11.21 ERA, .324 BAA, 4.1 HR/9, 7.6 BB/9 and a 28.6% HR/FB%. On the road against left-handed hitters Teheran has a 2.19 ERA, .237 BAA, 1.1 HR/9, 4.4 BB/9, and a 9.4% HR/FB%. 4.4BB/9 is still awful but the other numbers are in stark contrast to each other. (By the way, Mike Foltynewicz’s numbers show a similar pattern against lefties at home.) Heat maps show that Teheran is not getting the outside sixth of the plate when pitching at Sun Trust Park. Strikes in the outside zones are being called balls. When Teheran moves his pitches in he is getting tagged. Apparently Tyler Flowers is very good at framing pitches and other pitchers are getting the outside zone. Isn’t this odd? Most of this comes from the article The Big Squeeze (6/16/17) on Big Time Atlanta Sports. By the way, I never looked at baseball this way. Ever. Thanks.