Today I wanted to look at what Brandon Phillips did against both the curveball and the changeup. First lets take a look at what Phillips did versus the curveball.

Not a ton of balls in play against the curveball for Phillips. He has only put 7 balls in play (of 20 swings) and only had 2 [...]

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I wanted to look at what Phillips was doing at the plate and maybe pick up why Phillips had been struggling so much this year. The first pitch I looked at was the slider and well, the results were a bit surprising to me. Here is the chart of what Phillips has done versus the [...]

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Hat tip to Justin for this, but there is a new pitch f/x tool that is available to use. It is pretty interesting to play around with. It only works for pitchers, but it is certainly worth looking at.
Tomorrow I would like to do is take a look at Brandon Phillips and hopefully see where [...]

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Edwin started out the year slumping big time, but since April 10th he has had at least 1 hit in every game and has been absolutely killing the ball. I figured today was a good day to look at what he has been swinging at over the course of that time.

It looks like Edwin is [...]

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With what went down with Krivsky being fired and then the debacle of the game tonight I just wasn’t in the mood to do anything with the site today. I know its sad that I let the Reds have a part in my mood in life, but it is what it is. Tomorrow I want [...]

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First, let me apologize for taking what turned out to be 4 days off. I had a lot of work to catch up on and this site was the thing that got the ax for a few days until I could catch up. Anyways, I am back and hopefully won’t have to take any more [...]

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I am taking a break until Monday from the Pitch F/X stuff. I have other stuff that I really need to get caught up on, so its going to take the backseat until Monday some time. Lets hope today and tomorrows games go better for the Reds than last nights did. Ben Sheets is real [...]

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Last year Edwin Encarnacion led the Reds in batting average for those who qualified. He hit for a little power and showed some decent plate discipline as well. Early this year, and lets make a big note that it is indeed early, he is hitting just .235 and slugging under .400. He has been hitting [...]

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Reader Joel wanted to see this and I was looking for something to do today so here it is. Adam Dunn has struggled so far this year when it comes to hitting the ball as he is hitting .162 and slugging just .243. He does however have 16 walks on the year which leads all [...]

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Mike Fast of The Hardball Times wrote and article called ‘How will ball tracking analysis change the game?’. It is a great read for anyone interested in the Pitch F/X data. I suggest anyone who likes this kind of stuff, or even advanced stats at all read this article.

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