All I can say is that if Pavano shuts down the Yankees in a postseason game, I will just laugh and laugh. The irony would be ridiculous. With that said, he's not exactly a shut-down pitcher these...
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/scouting-alds-game-two-starters/#comment-285926
Good stuff Albert. I would have also classified Pettitte curve as a sweeping one. Tho I suppose its slower and has a god amount of vertical break. Pettitte is one of the only guys where I don't h...
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/scouting-alds-game-two-starters/#comment-285790
Made a few mistakes, but I have been looking at video first before making the posts. I should clarify that I intend to provide readers with a look at each playoff starter's pitch selection and ho...
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/scouting-alds-game-two-starters/#comment-285750
pavano's sinker breaks away from lefties, i think you mean he doesn't have a pitch that breaks towards lefties because his fastball and change tail away from lefties
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/scouting-alds-game-two-starters/#comment-285625
shouldn't scouting pitchers for these starts include slightly more than just these raw stats. i mean look, i am a diehard fangraphs fan. i love baseball stats. but cmon man, it's not like those n...
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/scouting-alds-game-two-starters/#comment-285618
does Andy Pettitte's curveball really have "much more horizontal movement (toward the RHH) than vertical movement"? Are you just looking at the pitchf/x numbers for this (which don't include the ...
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/scouting-alds-game-two-starters/#comment-285596