Blue Jays 'Kevin Gausman Pov Baseball's Best Splitter

Lub Super Bowl yog tom qab peb thiab kev cob qhia lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav tau pib, yog li nws yog lub sijhawm los saib xyuas zaum kawg ntawm lub caij dhau los nrog kuv qhov "Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws" series txhua xyoo.

Cia peb mus txuas ntxiv mus rau lub suab los ntawm lub suab los ntawm arsenals ntawm txhua tus pib pitchers uas cuam 135 lossis ntau dua innings lub caij dhau los thiab txiav txim siab qhov kev ua si zoo tshaj plaws - thiab phem tshaj - muab. Cov tswv yim tseem ceeb yog pitchers 'bat-missing thiab kev sib cuag tswj tau. Txhua lub suab yog muab piv rau cov qhab nia nruab nrab ntawm kev sib tw-thiab-tsis nco qab thiab cov qhab-nees tshwj xeeb hloov kho kev sib cuag.

Kho Cov qhab nias yog, ntawm qhov ntsuas qhov twg 100 sib npaug MLB qhov nruab nrab thiab tus lej qis dua qhov zoo dua, cov txheeb ze tsim tawm lub pitcher "yuav tsum muaj" tso cai raws li kev tawm nrawm / tua lub kaum ntse ntse sib xyaw ntawm txhua lub pob batted yielded. Qhov nruab nrab lub suab tau txais "B", thiab qhov zawv zawg zawg yog siv rau txhua lub pitcher cov txiaj ntsig kom kwv yees lub tswb nkhaus.

Peb pib lub lim tiam dhau los nrog kev hloov pauv, curves thiab cutters. Niaj hnub no, nws yog splitters. Thawj zaug, kuv tau cais cutters los ntawm splitters, raws li muaj thaum kawg txaus ntawm cov tom kawg los tsim lawv tus kheej qeb. Splitters tsis tu ncua yog ib qho kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws hauv qhov kev ua si rau ib ntus tam sim no, thiab thaum kawg muaj peev xwm tsim nyog pitchers cia lawv nyob ib leeg. Qhov nruab nrab splitter viav vias-thiab-nco tus nqi ntawm 18.8% thiab pitch-specific Adjusted Contact Score ntawm 82.9 ob qho tib si sawv ntawm qhov kawg ntawm lub suab thawj coj. 7 pitchers tau ntsib tag nrho cov suab thiab batted pob uas yuav tsum tau (uas kuv tau so ib qho tad rau ob qho tib si cutters thiab splitters) kom tau qhab nia, nrog ib tug hurler tau txais qib "A", thiab lwm qhov "B +".

RHP Kevin Gausman (Blue Jays) – A – (76 Adj. Contact Score, 26.5% Whiff Rate) – Muab cov cais rau hauv lawv tus kheej qeb ua rau nws nyuaj dua kom tau txais qib siab tshaj. Tsis muaj dab tsi tuaj yeem nres Gausman lub splitter, txawm li cas los xij. Qhov no tsis yog nws thawj rodeo - lub suab yav dhau los tau txais "A's" hauv 2017 thiab 2018 thiab "A+'s" hauv 2020 thiab 2021, thaum nws tsis muaj suab txaus kom tsim nyog rau xyoo 2019. Nws 2022 lub suab tshwj xeeb viav vias-thiab- nco tus nqi tau mus txog qhov siab tshaj plaws txhua lub sijhawm, thaum nws qhov kev tswj xyuas kev sib cuag yog nws qhov thib ob-qhov phem tshaj txij li xyoo 2017, ua ntej ntawm 2021's 78 cim. Hauv kuv thawj xyoo ntawm kev muab cov qhab nia hauv 2016, Gausman's splitter tau txais "B+".

Gausman tau tawm ntawm ob sab saum toj thiab hauv qab ntawm thaj tsam nrog lub suab - nws 5.9% pop up tus nqi tau zoo tshaj cov pab koomtes nruab nrab ntawm 3.6% lub caij dhau los. Nws muffled ob lub npas ya (61 Kho Fly Ball Contact Score) thiab pob hauv av (67 Kho Puab Pob Sib Tham) txoj cai nrog lub suab - ob qho qhab nia yog 2nd ntawm cov neeg tsim nyog. Gausman lub splitter tshaj tawm ntawm 85.2 mph yog nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntau yam, tab sis nws spin rate (1571 mph) thiab kab rov tav txav (8.5 in.) tau zoo tshaj qhov nruab nrab - lub tom kawg daim duab yog siab tshaj ntawm qualifiers nyob deb. Nws 1.6 in. qhov nruab nrab ntsug txav tau zoo hauv qab qhov nruab nrab. Gausman cuam tshuam nws cov splitter 34.8% ntawm lub sijhawm, thib ob tsuas yog Giants 'Alex Cobb, uas tau txais qib "B +" nkaus xwb.

Tsuas Yog Tsis Tau: 1 pitcher tau txais cov qhab nia "B +" rau nws cov splitter hauv 2022, cov lus hais saum toj no Cobb.

Cobb's pitch-specific 67 Adjusted Contact Score yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov neeg tsim nyog, tab sis nws 16.1% whiff tus nqi yog qhov qis dua qhov nruab nrab. Nws cuam nws cov splitter nyuaj heev (89.4 mph, 1st ntawm qualifiers), nrog ib tug yuav luag zoo tib yam spin rate (1578 rpm) rau Gausman's. Kuj zoo li Toronto txoj cai, Cobb lub splitter muaj ntau kab rov tav (7.3 in.) tab sis me ntsis ntsug (0.4 in.) txav.

Yuav tsum tau hu rau tus neeg tau txais qib “B” Shohei Ohtani. Nws 24.4% whiff tus nqi yog thib 2 tsuas yog rau Gausman, txawm hais tias nws qhov kev sib txuas lus tshwj xeeb kev tswj hwm kev ua tau zoo (91 Kho Cov qhab nia sib cuag) tau qis dua qhov nruab nrab.

Qhov phem tshaj Splitters: Tsuas yog lub pitcher kom tau txais cov qhab nias hauv qab "C" yog Marcus Stroman, UAS koj tau a "D+" hauv 2022 tom qab tau txais "A" hauv 2021. Ob qho tib si nws qhov ploj ploj (los ntawm 15.8% mus rau 10.4%) thiab kev tswj hwm kev sib cuag (los ntawm 76 txog 104) kev ua haujlwm poob qis los ntawm 2021 txog 2022.

2021 Qib "A" Cov neeg tau txais: Peb twb tham lawm Gausman thiab Straw txiv neej. Cov Yankees ' Frankie Montas (78 Kho Cov Qhab Nia, 25.8% Whiff Rate) kuj tau txais "A" hauv 2021. Nws tau txais "B" lub sijhawm no, nrog rau nws qhov kev ua tau zoo poob me ntsis ntawm ob sab (80, 18.5%). Tus neeg tau txais qib "A" kawg xyoo 2021, Twins' Tyler Mahle (64, 16.4%), tsis tau tawm suab txaus kom tsim nyog rau lub sijhawm no.

2022 qhov zoo tshaj plaws cutters featured yuav luag zoo tib yam, siab tshaj qhov nruab nrab spin tus nqi thiab ntau kab rov tav tab sis tsawg heev ntsug. Ntawm no yog ib lub rooj nrog tag nrho 2022 qualifiers 'splter qib.