The data is interesting. I have the 150 pitches on a spreadsheet. Immediately noticed about 9 pitches that were marked as FF and clocked at 85ish. Same as his change.
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The data is interesting. I have the 150 pitches on a spreadsheet. Immediately noticed about 9 pitches that were marked as FF and clocked at 85ish. Same as his change.
Acuna/Riley go back to back.
Here is a list of all his FF and the speed and how many times he hit that speed.
85.3 MPH 2
85.4 MPH 1
85.5 MPH 1
85.6 MPH 1
85.8 MPH 1
85.9 MPH 1
86.1 MPH 1
86.3 MPH 1
86.5 MPH 1
91.5 MPH 1
92.0 MPH 1
92.1 MPH 1
92.2 MPH 1
92.3 MPH 1
92.4 MPH 1
92.5 MPH 2
92.6 MPH 1
92.7 MPH 1
92.8 MPH 4
93.0 MPH 3
93.1 MPH 4
93.2 MPH 3
93.3 MPH 1
93.5 MPH 3
93.6 MPH 2
93.7 MPH 2
93.8 MPH 1
94.0 MPH 3
94.1 MPH 6
94.2 MPH 2
94.3 MPH 4
94.4 MPH 2
94.5 MPH 1
94.7 MPH 1
94.8 MPH 3
94.9 MPH 4
95.1 MPH 1
95.2 MPH 2
95.3 MPH 3
95.4 MPH 1
95.5 MPH 3
95.6 MPH 5
95.7 MPH 2
95.8 MPH 3
96.2 MPH 2
96.3 MPH 2
96.4 MPH 2
97.1 MPH 2
97.5 MPH 1
97.6 MPH 1
That is 99 pitches. If you throw out his 10 pitches that were in the mid 80's (safely assuming they were not FF or speed recorded inaccurately) That leaves 89 FF that averaged 94.4. He threw in the 93's 19 times, 94's 26 times, 95's 20 times. I don't have the counts on my sheet, but I did notice several of his 92's and 93's were in hitter counts (2-0, 2-1)..
I would not say he is a 96 pitcher, but would say he is comfortably hitting 94 -95 in Arizona.
Acuna, Riley, and Touki named to Fall-Stars roster. Guessing Fried left off because he's close to IP limit. No clue why A-Jax isn't on it.
https://www.milb.com/milb/news/arizo...rs/c-260126738
No, I assume that a guy who throws a change up harder than those FF speeds is not throwing a FF that slow. I personally think this was data entry error or the pitch was a change that didn't drop much so it was mistaken for a FF. But if you want to think a guy is throwing a fastball at 85 and 86, but not 87,88,89, or 90.. all the while throwing Changes at 83- 86, then go for it. I am not personally.
Yesterday:
Acuna 0-4 with 2 Ks
Riley 2-4 with 2 2bs and a run scored
Riley has consistently improved each year as people keep writing him off and has up’d his game with each level of competition. He is barely older than Acuna. To me this is how you want a prospect to progress....gradual steady growth, while not to grow too fast in order to get enough Minor league time in. I’m not sure what else you could realistically ask from a 20 year old not named Acuna??
Nov 3:
Fried 4 IP, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Acuna 1-4 HR
Riley 0-4 2K
Jackson 0-4
Jackson is slumping and down to 12th in OPS.
Riley leading the AFL in OPS despite 12 Ks in 46 ABs due to a BABIP of .367.
Acuna is still rocking a .400 BABIP.
Maintaining a high BABIP has more to do with the quality of contact a hitter makes than their speed.
Here's a list of the highest BABIP sustained over the last 3 seasons by qualified hitters:
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.asp...ers=0&sort=3,d
.340-.350 is probably the highest we could reasonably expect.