Personally, I think its one of the best in the game. So I decided to take a look at how hitters fared against it through the month of April. Below is the chart:

The thing that I note is there are a lot of swinging strikes and foul balls very near the bottom of the zone [...]

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I still think that something is up with the Reds pitch f/x camera. The movement on the pitches still seems a bit off and the speeds don’t match up with the radar gun or with players past history velocities.  It should be noted that the Reds were looking for a Pitch F/X operator as late [...]

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Today I wanted to just break down a little bit of Edinson Volquez when he threw his curveball last year. He only threw 70 of them that registered with the Pitch F/X system, but they are all charted below.

It looks like he was squeezed a little bit at the bottom of the strikezone on his [...]

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Yesterday I took a quick look at just the types of pitches, velocity and movement Volquez got with his pitches. Today I wanted to take a look at Volquez when the baseball was put in play against him. Before I we get to the chart, I want to explain it a little bit. The strikezone [...]

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Today I wanted to just get a feel for Edinson Volquez, who will be in the Reds rotation this year. He only pitched for the Rangers for September of last year, so the data is limited to just under 500 pitches. Still, it gives us enough to have a decent look.
First is just his pitch [...]

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