@KickDirtBB i gotta hit the hay but i appreciate you guys spreading some knowledge on stuff+ early, and also i must say you spoke very respectfully to Alexander The Great about the development of baseball. Definitely tuning back in soon.
@KickDirtBB its really interesting so I hope you guys do cover that, bc tbh I’m sick of seeing Gunnar hit singles and walk a ton.
Need him to start lifting the ball, but yeah that could be how pitchers are attacking him…
@KickDirtBB For example, I watch a ton of orioles games, and Gunnars swing looks completely different from last year.
Seems like he is trying to attack the baseball more directly instead of creating an angle towards the pitch.
@KickDirtBB numbers given instantaneous feedback. i think advanced analytics allow people to verify what separates talent nowadays, and like Kick said, it definitely is helping players learn and develop at much much younger ages
@KickDirtBB i think a guy like peterson will naturally be graded against some of these advanced analytics but he also is abnormal in a sense that he commands the zone extremely well, kinda because he has to. It’s rare nowadays to find a newcomer that commands 5+ pitches around the zone
@KickDirtBB theoretically, as pitchers are continually working on developing their arsenals to replicate great stuff+ pitches, wouldn’t the “norm” be forever adjusting in some sense? does this mean someone like hoby milner or anyone throwing from a completely abnormal slot more effective?
@KickDirtBB i was just about to bring up gyro pitches, because my head pitching coach has been saying gyro cutters are “less gradable” on this model if we are gonna focus on basing our grading method on stuff+
@KickDirtBB mainly just interested where this hate for stuff+ comes from. I’ve been working on forming my own algorithm using trackman data to grade pitches, and stuff+ is very foundational in that respect so I would be concerned if it wasn’t helpful in that sense