Ryan Tepera came out of 2018 intent on making some changes in his delivery and refining his repertoire. ShiDavidi has the story of how the advanced tools now widely embraced by the game are helping the BlueJays reliever do just that.
and are designed for “industrial, scientific, defence and visual arts applications,” according to its website. In baseball, they allow users to break down every little movement in a pitcher’s motion and release point. Set the FPS rate high enough and one pitch can take several minutes to watch.
“The competitive advantage of having more information and numbers than other organizations is gone. Everyone has it. Now the competitive advantage is how do you get that information to be actionable,” says bullpen coach Matt Buschmann, whose data-coaching savvy led to his Blue Jays hire.
Having a high spin rate on a four-seam fastball can be an indicator of a quality pitch, but having an efficient spin — 100 per cent efficiency is a totally vertical ball rotation — correlates to what hitters sometimes describe as late life on the ball. For sliders, a spin efficiency in the mid-30s tends to generate the most effective combination of sharp break and drop.
First, his set-up is different, transitioning from a straight up starting point to a more hunched over stance akin to that of teammate Ken Giles.
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