Seam-shifted wake and the evolution of pitch design

Jan 11 2021 by Bless You Boys

 
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Cutting edge research on pitch movement has come a long way in recent years. Let’s dive in with a new primer.

Baseball has gone through many changes over the past decade, but no element of the game has been so radically transformed as the fine art of pitching. The game is still the game, but the methods by which pitchers develop, the way they’re coached, and the statistics and data by which they’re evaluated by teams, media, and fans...

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