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  1. iayork

    Slick sliders?

    I don't think anyone could have missed the fuss over pitchers' claims that the World Series baseballs are unusually slick, and it's affecting their sliders by reducing the pitches' movement. I have no real opinion one way or the other, but I did take issue with the claim that PITCHf/x data...
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    The unprojectable Clay Buchholz

    Clay's been a regular starter since 2010 and in that time he's had three reasonably healthy seasons,  a couple where he was very effective as long as he was pitching, a couple where he was decent but not great (ERA+ of 124 and 92), and one season (2014) where he was more or less healthy but just...
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    The strike zone in 2014 and onward

    Farrell has said that the strike zone is larger this year, and blames that for the lower offense. This article in The Atlantic, "The Simple Technology That Accidentally Ruined Baseball", argues that the strike zone is getting larger because of Pitch F/x, and especially has expanded at the...
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