Nws tsis muab pov tseg ntau, tab sis Framber Valdez 'Cutter yog Lethal

Lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav kev cob qhia chaw pw hav zoov yuav qhib txhua hnub tam sim no, yog li nws yog lub sijhawm los saib xyuas zaum kawg ntawm lub caij dhau los nrog kuv lub xyoo "Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws" series.

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 ua ntej lub lim tiam no nrog kev hloov pauv thiab curves. Niaj hnub no, nws yog cutters. Thawj zaug, kuv tab tom cais cov cutters los ntawm splitters, raws li muaj thaum kawg txaus ntawm qhov kawg los tsim lawv tus kheej qeb. Qhov tseeb yuav tsum tau hais, qhov no yog qhov kev txhim kho zoo rau cov kws ua txuj ci txiav, vim nws tsis ncaj ncees los piv rau lawv cov kwv tij txheeb ze. Qhov nruab nrab cutter viav vias-thiab-nco tus nqi ntawm 10.4% yog zoo dua li plaub-seam fastballs (9.1%) thiab sinkers (5.6%), thaum lawv 96.3 Kho Cov qhab nias yog zoo dua li cov sliders (96.9), sinkers (97.3) thiab plaub-seamers (115.4). Lub splitter yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv ob qho kev qhuab qhia. 30 pitchers ua tau raws li tag nrho cov suab thiab batted pob uas yuav tsum tau ua kom tau ib qib (qhov yuav tsum tau so ib tug tad rau cutters thiab splitters kom tus pitcher qauv loj tuaj), nrog peb pitchers hauv qab no tau txais ib tug "A" los yog "A +" qib. Ob ntawm lawv tau txais qib "A +", thiab ob qho tib si yog Astros. Qhov thib peb, lwm tus American Leaguer los ntawm Tampa Bay, tau txais "A".

LHP Framber Valdez (Astros) – A+ – (61 Adj. Contact Score, 17.4% Whiff Rate) - Valdez paub txog nws qhov sib xyaw ua ke / nkhaus (nws "A" nkhaus tau tham hauv nag hmo tsab xov xwm) tab sis nws lub tshuab txiav tau ua rau tuag taus hauv kev siv tsawg (10.3%) lub caij dhau los . Valdez ranked 2nd ntawm cutter qualifiers nyob rau hauv ob qho tib si suab-specific Adjusted Contact Score thiab whiff tus nqi. Raws li koj xav tau, Valdez 'cutter tsim txoj hauv kev ntau tshaj qhov nruab nrab (54.4% grounder tus nqi piv rau qhov tsim nyog nruab nrab ntawm 36.1%). Tsis zoo li nws lwm yam khoom plig, nws lub tshuab txiav txwv ya davhlau txwv txoj cai - nws 58 Kho Fly Ball Sib cuag tau qeb thib 3 ntawm cov neeg tsim nyog.

Valdez cuam tshuam nws lub tshuab txiav nrog qhov nrawm nrawm (83.0 mph), qhov nrawm nrawm (2673 rpm, thib 2 ntawm cov neeg tsim nyog), thiab cov kab rov tav tsis zoo (2.1 in.) thiab ntsug (4.1 in.) txav.

RHP Luis Garcia (Astros) – A+ – (83 Adj. Contact Score, 18.6% Whiff Rate) - Garcia tau txais qib "A" rau nws lub tshuab txiav xyoo 2021. Ua siab ncaj, yog tias nws tsis raug lumped nrog cov splitters nws yuav tau txais lwm "A+". Nws tus nqi sib tw - uas tseem ua rau tag nrho cov kev tsim nyog - poob los ntawm 23.2% thiab nws cov qhab nias Hloov Kho tau txhim kho los ntawm 92 hauv 2021. Garcia muffled batted ball authority nrog lub suab, tshaj tawm 63 Kho Fly Ball (5th ntawm cov neeg tsim nyog) thiab 59 Kho Pob Pob. (2nd) Cov qhab nias.

Tsuas yog Valdez pov nws lub cutter softly tshaj Garcia (85.4 mph), uas nws spin rate (2354 rpm) kuj qis dua. Garcia cuam tshuam nws lub cutter nrog ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm kab rov tav (2.9 in.) tab sis me ntsis ntsug (2.0 in.) txav.

RHP Drew Rasmussen (Rays) – A – (79 Adj. Contact Score, 16.3% Whiff Rate) – Cov Rays tau ua nws dua. Rasmussen tus cutter nyob rau qib thib peb ntawm cov kev tsim nyog hauv cov puav-tsis ploj thiab thib yim, ib qho kev ua ntej ntawm Garcia, hauv kev tswj kev sib cuag. Zoo li Valdez, Rasmussen induced grounders (49.2% grounder rate) nrog lub suab. Thaum qhov ntawd yog qhov txuj ci tiag tiag, nws qhov qis 15.0% liner tus nqi tso cai yog qhov ua haujlwm ntawm qhov tsis sib xws, thiab tsis zoo li yuav rov ua dua.

Rasmussen cuam tshuam nws lub txiav nyuaj (90.5 mph) thiab nrog ntau kiv (2612 rpm, 4th ntawm cov kev tsim nyog). Lub suab muaj tsawg heev kab rov tav (0.8 in.) thiab ntsug (1.6 in.) txav. Nws thiab Garcia pov lawv cov cutters ntau dua li Valdez, nrog 32.9% thiab 29.4% kev siv tus nqi, feem.

Tsuas Yog Tsis Tau: 7 pitchers tau txais qib "B +" rau lawv cov cutters hauv 2022: Corey Kluber, Chris Bassitt, Tyler Anderson, Nestor Cortes, Marcus Stroman, Jameson Taillon thiab Zac Gallen.

Ntawm cov pab pawg ntawd, Kluber, Bassitt thiab Stroman yog tus puav-missers zoo tshaj plaws, Anderson, Taillon thiab Gallen yog tus tswj hwm kev sib cuag zoo tshaj plaws, nrog Kluber thiab Cortes cuam tshuam ntau zaus.

Kev qw tshwj xeeb rau tus neeg tau txais qib “B” Corbin Hlawv. Nws cuam nws lub tshuab txiav 55.4% ntawm lub sijhawm, txawm hais tias nws tau qhab nia nyob rau hauv qhov nruab nrab ntawm ob qho tib si bat-tsis ploj (12.1% whiff tus nqi) thiab kev tswj kev tiv tauj (103 Kho Cov qhab nias sib cuag).

Cov Cutters phem tshaj plaws: Ntseeg nws los tsis yog, tib lub pitcher tau txais cov qhab nias hauv qab "C" yog Shohei Ohtani, koj tau a "D +". Ib qho kev ceeb toom ntawm no - nws cov qauv loj me me heev, thiab xyoo dhau los nws cov cutters thiab splitters tag nrho tau ua ke. Nws yuav tsum tau hais tias nws tso cai rau tus ntiv tes xoo loj nrog lub suab tshaj tawm 178 Kho Cov qhab nia sib cuag, qhov phem tshaj plaws rau txhua lub suab, rau txhua lub pitcher. Feem ntau ntawm kev puas tsuaj tau ua tiav hauv huab cua (225 Kho Fly Ball Contact Score).

2021 Qib "A" Cov neeg tau txais: Peb twb tham lawm Garcia. Tsuas yog lwm lub pitcher kom tau txais "A" rau nws lub tshuab txiav xyoo 2021 yog Kev Taug kev Buehler, leej twg tsis pitch txaus innings kom tsim nyog hauv 2022.

Zuag qhia tag nrho, 2022 cov cutters zoo tshaj plaws yog txhua yam tshwj xeeb. Ntawm qhov sib npaug, lawv yog cov tshuab hluav taws xob hauv av pov nrog ntau qhov kev sib tw, tab sis muaj qhov sib txawv thiab cov nqi ntawm kab rov tav thiab ntsug. Ntawm no yog ib lub rooj nrog tag nrho 2022 qualifiers 'cutter qib.