Originally Posted by
Enscheff
Wright's stuff last year:
Wright's stuff after his first 2019 start (SL reclassified as a CU, FC reclassified as a SL):
FA: 94.2 mph (Grade 54.1), 3.7" XMov (Grade 37.3), 7.6" VMov (Grade 37.3)
Wright maintained the velocity, and increased the movement in both directions. Problem is, while it served almost like a weird SI last year, it acts like a flat FA so far this year. This is not a good development on its own. This is a bad pitch, especially bad if he can't control it. And he threw it way more often than he did in 2018 because he couldn't command anything last night.
CU (previously called a SL): 80.9 mph (Grade 57.7), 9.7" XMov (Grade 80+), -2.9" VMov (Grade 42.9)
Whether you call this a slider or a curve or a slurve, this is a nasty glove side sweeper. It lost some sink from last year though. This is the pitch that gives Wright the potential to be good.
SL (previously called a FC): 84.7 mph (Grade 50.5), 2.5" XMov (Grade 50.0), -0.8" VMov (Grade 61.2)
Same type of movement as last year. Should be an above average pitch, even hogh it also lost some sink from last year (notice a theme?).
CH: 9.1 mph delta (Grade 56.6), 8.6" XMov (Grade 56.6), 5.4 " VMov (Grade 47.9)
Same above average CH we saw last year...also missing some sink.
Overall it looks like Wright lost some sink on every single pitch. Either last year's data wasn't accurate, this year's data isn't accurate, or Wright made changes to reduce the sink he gets on everything. I think that sink is going to be a key to his future success, so I hope to see it return.