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57stratdawg

57stratdawg

Heisman
Dec 1, 2004
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Was impressive today (maybe too impressive?):

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Todd4State

Redshirt
Mar 3, 2008
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He will probably be a first round pick. He had the highest spin rate on his curveball of any high school prospect at a PG event.
 
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shotgunDawg

Redshirt
Nov 13, 2011
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Carter Stewart isn’t getting to campus but I can’t stand when people use spin rate to grade or rank pitches.

Yes, it’s helpful that his curveball has high spin rate but that doesn’t mean it has power, command, etc.

Kershaw’s curveball has average spin rate and it’s the best in the world.

People use this track man stuff as way too much of a crutch when evaluating pitchers when in reality it’s only a slice of the pizza. A minor part of what makes a pitcher effective
 
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philduckworth

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Feb 20, 2015
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shotgunDawg said:
Carter Stewart isn’t getting to campus but I can’t stand when people use spin rate to grade or rank pitches.

Yes, it’s helpful that his curveball has high spin rate but that doesn’t mean it has power, command, etc.

Kershaw’s curveball has average spin rate and it’s the best in the world.

People use this track man stuff as way too much of a crutch when evaluating pitchers when in reality it’s only a slice of the pizza. A minor part of what makes a pitcher effective
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Astros may disagree with you. It's was a focus for them last season. But of course, it's just one measure.
 
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shotgunDawg

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Nov 13, 2011
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HoopsDawg said:
Astros may disagree with you. It's was a focus for them last season. But of course, it's just one measure.
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I could careless what the Astros think.

However, the Astros used spin rate for player development purposes. They had spin rate information and found that some pitchers were being under utilized because they showed quality spin rate and other ingredients with pitches they weren’t using in games.

The Astros used spin rate knowledge to maximize the talent of players. The current information we have is that that is the best way to use the information.

There are certainly ways trackman information can be used to measure release point, effective velocity, pitch slope, and movement and that helps with evaluation. Just gathering spin rates does very little.
 
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