> Can we get a quick analysis of Koji's performance last night
Just a quick little text-y answer, so as not to spoil a cool graphic analysis of a larger sample later ...
Fastballs at 86 mph, split-finger change at 78 mph, so an 8-mph difference between the pitches; the same difference as during his glorious 2013, but each pitch is now 4 mph slower. The horizontal movement looks a few inches larger than it did then, but with the tiny sample size from one stadium's system, I wouldn't put much weight on that. The 13 pitches were roughly equally divided between "out of the strike zone high" (fine), "out of the strike zone low" (splitters falling off the table, great) and "sitting near the middle of the plate" (not so great).
Can't argue with the results (3 up, 3 down, 2 via the strikeout), but those pitches down the middle give me a small amount of worry.
Just a quick little text-y answer, so as not to spoil a cool graphic analysis of a larger sample later ...
Fastballs at 86 mph, split-finger change at 78 mph, so an 8-mph difference between the pitches; the same difference as during his glorious 2013, but each pitch is now 4 mph slower. The horizontal movement looks a few inches larger than it did then, but with the tiny sample size from one stadium's system, I wouldn't put much weight on that. The 13 pitches were roughly equally divided between "out of the strike zone high" (fine), "out of the strike zone low" (splitters falling off the table, great) and "sitting near the middle of the plate" (not so great).
Can't argue with the results (3 up, 3 down, 2 via the strikeout), but those pitches down the middle give me a small amount of worry.