I'll be using this account to publicly share the results of OpenCommand, a computer-vision based command tracker.
Ideas in mind:
- MLB command leaderboards
- Target maps
- Pitcher command trends
- Pitcher tactics changes
- Reply to this tweet if you have ideas!
Some news:
I decided to open source my command project. It's called OpenCommand.
This means anyone can see the code (and even the data)!
I hope this gives more people a chance to pursue and share cutting edge baseball research.
Anyways, here's how to measure command: ๐งต
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Thanks for reading!
Next thread will explain how OpenCommand becomes the biggest edge in fantasy since Stuff+.
Meanwhile, go follow @lukeblomm, the man behind!
๐จ OpenCommand is updated!
This will be the LAST major update as OpenCommand has genuinely come extremely close to ground truth.
Honestly, this is the biggest edge in fantasy since Stuff+. The results are remarkable.
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Glove dependence ranges mostly between 0 to 1.
Only few pitchers are estimated to have glove dependence >1. I think part of this is due to smaller values functioning as regularization for glove detection noise.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto had the BEST COMMAND among starters so far in 2026.
On May 18th, his splitter averaged 5.19in miss, which is less than HALF of league average splitter (11.00in)!
Full leaderboard โโ
We can adjust for tendencies by offsetting the target by the avg pitcher ร pitch type miss pattern.
E.g. Logan Webb's changeup averages 13in below the glove
This is the current math behind "inferred" targets.
But there are 2 huge flaws with it. Can anyone guess what they are?
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๐จOpenCommand is updated with new target detections!
This solves a major case where catchers use "decoy targets" with a runner on 2nd.
Turns out the solution was really simple:
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I'll be using this account to publicly share the results of OpenCommand, a computer-vision based command tracker.
Ideas in mind:
- MLB command leaderboards
- Target maps
- Pitcher command trends
- Pitcher tactics changes
- Reply to this tweet if you have ideas!
Some news:
I decided to open source my command project. It's called OpenCommand.
This means anyone can see the code (and even the data)!
I hope this gives more people a chance to pursue and share cutting edge baseball research.
Anyways, here's how to measure command: ๐งต
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We can adjust for tendencies by offsetting the target by the avg pitcher ร pitch type miss pattern.
E.g. Logan Webb's changeup averages 13in below the glove
This is the current math behind "inferred" targets.
But there are 2 huge flaws with it. Can anyone guess what they are?
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