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Aspiring Baseball Data Analyst in high school

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Cam Schlittler broke out a new and improved toy last outing against the White Sox

Schlittler prior to his outing against the White Sox was a predominant 3 approach fastball guy rarely throwing breaking balls.
Last outing his curveball generated 7 whiffs and was up 2.7 mph.

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Fernando Tatís Jr. didn't need a new swing—he needed to get back to the setup that made him one of the most dangerous hitters. The more open stance has turned hard-hit ground balls into pulled fly balls. Sometimes the best adjustment is returning to what made him an All-Star.

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Fernando Tatis Jr. has been raking his last 48 games:

.327-BA/21-XBH/13-SB/145-wRC+ 🔥

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While opening up will inherently cause Tatis to swing and miss more at the pitches low and away, his pull air percentage has drastically gone up from 6.4% → 11.6%. Along with him cutting his groundball rate from 55%→49.4%.

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Buzzsaw curveballs
qualified pitchers who've thrown 80+ curveballs with >3,200 rpm this season.
Connor Prielipp
Seth Lugo
Nolan McLean⭐

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2026 Bat Speed Leaders vs Plate Discipline
Leaderboard via @Sox_Savant

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Another college bat, Christopher Hacopian to the @Nationals at 11

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Chris Hacopian is the best pure hitter in the 2026 MLB Draft.

Hacopian has the rare ability of low chase & whiff paired with high contact & exit velocities. Truly a one-of-a-kind & very polished offensive profile that tallied more walks than strikeouts in his 3 college seasons.

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Martinez's first half breakout wasn't about adding velocity or unveiling a new pitch. It was about simplifying his approach: throw more sinkers, trust the changeup, reduce four-seam usage, and hone in on location.

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Nick Martinez is the top era improver: 2025 → 2026 amongst all qualified pitchers (Min 162 IP → 77 IP)

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Better changeup location
Instead of throwing the changeup in the strike zone, Martinez more consistently buried it below the zone.
Hitters chased more often and made weaker contact.
The changeup became his primary put away pitch (20.6%).

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@therealsavant1 Could we see Chris Hacopian?

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@discussbaseball What do you think about his plate discipline?

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@therealsavant1 Could we see a Cameron Flukey profile?

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@therealsavant1 Could we see Cholowsky and Daniel Jackson?

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@therealsavant1 Is this accessible to the public? If not, we need it.