Importance of Velocity vs Location

[TruffleShuffle]

You have to be somewhat nerdy to be willing to read through this article, but it's really interesting IMO.

 

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/how-fast-should-a-fastball-be/

 

 

the conclusions at the end of the article:

 

1. fastballs outside don't depend much (if at all) on speed for their effectiveness;

2. conversely, inside fastballs are more effective the harder they are thrown (this one I already knew);

3. most of the observed effect appears to come from home runs: outside pitches are rarely hit for homers and when they are, a fast pitch is as likely to be hit out of the park as a slow one;

4. a pitch thrown hard is more susceptible to the ump's bad call than a soft toss.

[CuseCubFan69]

Interesting article Truffle...thanks for posting it.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Just my personal viewpoint, which may not mean much, is that location is always more important. However, pitchers with better velocity can make more mistakes.

 

And I think the inside and outside observation is very interesting.

[UMFan83]

Well, I can already throw slow, so all I need to do is work on my location and I think I'll give the Cubs a call.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I remember reading somewhere that Maddux once said location and movement is always more important than velocity.

[nilodnayr]

If you are even nerdier, then read the good comments back and forth between John Walsh (the author) and The Book's peanut gallery.

 

http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/now_bthis_b_is_good_stuff/#comments