Braves 'Max Fried, Phillies' Zack Wheeler Tseem Sinker Royalty

Lub Super Bowl yog tom qab peb thiab lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav kev cob qhia chaw pw hav zoov tau qhib, 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 twb tau npog lawm kev hloov pauv, curves, cutters, splitters thiab plaub-seam fastballs. Niaj hnub no, nws yog sinkers. Ib sab ntawm nws tus npawg, plaub-seamer, lub dab dej yog qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws hauv qhov kev ua si. Sinkers muaj qhov qis tshaj qhov tshwj xeeb whiff tus nqi (5.6%) los ntawm qhov deb, thiab zoo dua li tsuas yog plaub-seamers (115.4 Kho Cov qhab nia sib cuag) hais txog kev tswj kev sib cuag (97.8). Pitchers uas yog tus tswj nrog lawv plaub-seamer lossis sinker, txawm li cas los xij, zoo li muaj lub zog nyob. 50 pitchers tsim nyog rau daim ntawv teev npe no, nrog rau rau tau txais qib "A+" lossis "A" qib. Ob tug pitchers tau sau tseg nyob rau hauv nqe lus saum toj no tau txais "A +" qib dab dej hauv ob qho tib si 2021 thiab 2022.

LHP Max Fried – A+ – (76 Adj. Contact Score, 9.1% Whiff Rate) - Lub Braves 'sab laug ua tau zoo ntawm ob qho tib si bat-tso thiab kev tiv thaiv kev sib cuag nrog nws tus neeg sinker, ua tiav 3rd hauv ob qho kev qhuab qhia ntawm kev tsim nyog. Fried's sinker yog lub tshuab hluav taws xob muaj txiaj ntsig hauv av - nws tau tshaj tawm 62.5% tus nqi hauv av, zoo tshaj qhov kev tsim nyog tag nrho ntawm 48.3%.

Fried's 2021 kev tswj hwm kev sib cuag (71 Kho Cov qhab nia sib txuas) thiab bat-tsis ploj (9.6%) kev ntsuas tau yuav luag zoo ib yam rau nws cov qhab nia 2022, yog li rov ua qib "A +". Nws qhov nruab nrab sinker tshaj tawm (93.5 mph) yog nruab nrab-ntawm-lub-pob, tab sis nws qhov nruab nrab spin rate (2036 rpm) thiab kab rov tav (6.2 in.) thiab ntsug (4.8 in.) yog tag nrho ntawm qhov kawg. Ob qho tib si nws qhov kev hloov pauv thiab nkhaus kuj tau txais qib "A", uas tej zaum yuav yog vim li cas nws cuam tshuam nws lub dab dej tsuas yog 13.2% ntawm lub sijhawm.

RHP Zack Wheeler - A+ - (63 Adj. Contact Score, 8.7% Whiff Rate) - Tham txog cov ntaub ntawv taug qab - qhov no yog zaum thib plaub hauv tsib lub caij dhau los uas Wheeler tus sinker tau txais qib "A+". Hauv 2019, nws tau txais "B +". Nws tau sau tseg qhov zoo tshaj plaws pitch-tshwj xeeb kev tswj hwm thiab 4th qhov zoo tshaj plaws bat-tso kev ua tau zoo ntawm cov sinkers hauv 2022. Tau ntau xyoo, nws tau tshaj tawm lub sinker Adjusted Contact Score kom tsawg li 53 xyoo 2018 thiab ib tug whiff tus nqi siab li 8.9% hauv 2021.

Zoo li Fried, Wheeler induced ib tuj ntawm grounders (56.4% grounder tus nqi) nrog nws sinker, thiab nws kuj tau ua ib tug kws tshaj lij txoj hauj lwm ntawm muffling ya pob txoj cai (67 Kho Fly Ball Contact Score, zoo tshaj plaws ntawm qualifiers). Wheeler cuam tshuam nws lub dab dej nyuaj (95.6 mph) thiab nrog ntau lub kiv (2225 rpm) thiab kab rov tav (9.1 in.) txav. Tsis tas li ntawd zoo li Fried, Wheeler tsis pov nws lub dab dej txhua zaus (17.6% tus nqi siv).

Lwm Hnub Qub Tub Kawm - Sean Manaea ua sinker tau txais "A" thiab tsim nyog tau hais tshwj xeeb rau ob peb yam. Ua ntej, nws pov nws qhov zoo kawg nkaus 60.9% ntawm lub sijhawm, feem ntau ntawm txhua qhov kev tsim nyog. Qhov thib ob, nws tsim ib qho tshwj xeeb batted pob sib xyaw nrog lub suab. Nws lub suab tshwj xeeb hauv av tau qis heev ntawm 31.8%, thiab nws tus nqi nce siab heev ntawm 16.3%, txoj kev siab tshaj qhov nruab nrab ntawm 6.0%.

Peb tus neeg tau txais qib thib peb "A+" yog Pablo lopez, tsis ntev los no pauv mus rau Twins. Nws 11.8% sinker whiff tus nqi yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov neeg tsim nyog, thiab nws tau tsim muaj zog 55.4% grounder tus nqi nrog lub suab thaum ntuav nws tsawg dua (8.1%) dua li Fried lossis Wheeler. Nws kuj tau txais qib "A" rau nws lub dab dej rov qab rau xyoo 2020.

Lwm ob tus neeg tau txais qib "A" yog Kyle Wright thiab Alek Manoah. Wright's pitch-specific grounder rate of 60.0% yog qhov siab heev, thiab nws tau tswj hwm txoj cai ya pob (53 Kho Fly Ball Contact Score) zoo heev. Tab sis tsis zoo li Manoah, uas nws 38 Kho Fly Ball Contact Score yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov neeg tsim nyog.

Tsuas Yog Tsis Tau: 9 ntau tus pitchers tau txais qib "B +" rau lawv plaub-seamers hauv 2022: Marcus Stroman, Chris Bassitt, Carlos Carrasco, Jordan Montgomery, Yu Darvish, Joe Musgrove, Sandy Alcantara, Jameson Taillon thiab Mais Mikolas. Ntawm cov pab pawg ntawd, Carrasco, Montgomery thiab Darvish yog tus zoo tshaj plaws bat-missers, Stroman, Bassitt, Musgrove, Alcantara, Taillon thiab Mikolas tus thawj tswj hwm zoo tshaj plaws, thiab Stroman, Bassitt thiab Montgomery cuam tshuam lawv cov dab dej feem ntau.

Qhov phem tshaj Sinkers: Tsuas yog ob tug kws tsim nyog tau txais cov qhab nia qis dua “C”; Chad Kuhl tau "D+" thiab Adas Wainwright ib "D". Kuhl's 138 Adjusted Contact Score yog qhov thib ob phem tshaj plaws ntawm txhua qhov kev tsim nyog, thaum Wainwright's 139 Kho Cov qhab nia (qhov phem tshaj) thiab 2.5% whiff tus nqi (qhov phem thib ob) yog ob qho tib si ntawm lossis ze rau hauv qab ntawm pawg.

2021 Qib "A" Cov neeg tau txais: Peb twb tham lawm Wheeler, Fried thiab Alcantara. Jordan Lais poob los ntawm "A" (75 Kho Cov qhab nia sib cuag, 7.5% whiff tus nqi) hauv 2021 mus rau "B" (119, 7.7%) hauv 2022, thiab Lance Lynn tsis tau ua kom txaus innings kom tsim nyog rau lub caij dhau los no.

Zuag qhia tag nrho, qhov zoo tshaj plaws 2022 sinkers (tshwj tsis yog Sean Manaea's) tau ntxias tag nrho pawg ntawm cov av thiab tsim kom muaj qhov loj ntawm txoj kab rov tav txav thaum lawv qhov nruab nrab qhov nrawm thiab cov nqi sib txawv. Ntawm no yog ib lub rooj nrog tag nrho cov 2022 qualifiers 'sinker qib.

Kuv yuav tawm ntawm daim phiaj rau qhov sib npaug ntawm Lub Ob Hlis tab sis yuav rov qab los thaum Lub Peb Hlis Ntuj kom ua tiav qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws series nrog sliders thiab Pib Pitcher Qib-Point Averages, uas khi tag nrho cov no ua ke.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonyblengino/2023/02/17/braves-max-fried-phhillies-zack-wheeler-remain-sinker-royalty/