Remember when I was talking about Colt Keith and him not swinging and missing at any sliders? In the 21 sliders he's seen in AAA through Sunday, he's swung and missed at just 1...
Colt does not miss sliders.
In a related note: Hao-Yu Lee took him oppo into the right-center seats. Only other hard-struck ball I've seen is an oppo gapper by Wenceel Perez batting lefty.
Notable Lakeland and West Michigan hitters since May 13th:
Edian Espinal (21 G) .393/.506/.656 wRC 204 15BB 10K
Garrett Pennington (23 G) .270/.393/.461 wRC 127
Samuel Gil (22 G) .291/.356/.329 OPS: .685
LHP Ben Jacobs since arriving at West Mich: 6 GS 26IP 40K 14BB
Farewell to Junior Tilien, who has been released by the West Michigan Whitecaps. And welcome back Ronald Ramirez, who was batting .455/.581/.864 through his first 9 FCL games of the year before suffering an injury on May 15th.
For our paid tiers on our Pateron, breaking down who has been standing out in Toledo and Erie over the last month for the #Tigers.
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RHP Woo-Suk Go since rejoining Toledo on May 8:
18 IP, 1.50 ERA, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 HR, 3 BB, 24 SO, .100 AVG against, 0.50 WHIP.
38.1 K%, 4.8 BB%
One of the better current bullpen cases in the Tigers’ upper levels.
Malgeri is hitting 95 plus:
He’s hitting breaking balls,
He is lefties at a .344/.446/.689 with five home runs.
Beating a dead horse, aside, stats, all those things you look for, he and Corey Julks are doing well.
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Swing plane matching has been tossed around by those around the game forever, but what is its run value?
According to the model, the relationship is asymmetrical. Below is my write up, please don’t hesitate to provide any feedback!⬇️
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24.1” of IVB at 93 MPH means ~7.5” of drop. By comparison.
Out of 94,706 4-seamers thrown in the MLB before today, 639 have had 8” or less drop. Or 0.675%.
And his changeup spin is even more rare. Only 0.3% of all changeups thrown had that low or lower spin.