Pitching ninja is fantastic.
Also, Max Fried is fantastic.
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Jaw (08-19-2019), UNCBlue012 (08-19-2019)
We definitely need to practice the opener idea bc i want fried to follow a rhp against dodgers in playoffs. The 1st inning vs dodgers for fried has been a disaster. Hopefully he figured it out yesterday though
jpx7 (08-19-2019)
Freddie 0-12 this series. i don't think he should play against the Dodgers anymore. doesn't hit them well at all.
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Frederick is just not great anymore.
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I would love to see either JD or FF with an off day tomorrow.
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You sir, are correct. I wasn't watching the game closely at all, but here's the data from that start:
https://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfxg.a...8&dh=0&data=pi
Look at the SIs with 5"-10" of horizontal movement. From what I can remember, those are the first SIs picked up for Fried by Statcast this year. That's a 93 MPH SI with lots of arm side run, but very little sink.
Were those SIs, or were they FAs that moved arm side a lot for some reason? Is Fried consciously adding a SI?
Regardless of outcome, I think Fried is my favorite pitcher to watch. I love a guy who will just go up there throwing curves as his primary pitch. It's so weird!
Getting movement on pitches is a skill. Its the knowledge and ability to execute grip pressure on different areas of the ball with different parts of your hand. This was a natrual progression for Fried as he always generated movement.
Jesus man. You are clueless. You’re also the fool who tried to argue with me over constant magus force on a pitch the moment it leaves the pitchers hand, and showed your complete ignorance of simple physics then too.
Movement is created by spin rate and axis. There are several ways to impact spin on the ball from arm angle, to wrist/hand manipulation, to finger location, to pressure from various fingers.
Nothing about Fried suggested he was any more likely to add a slider than any other high spin rate pitcher. You didn’t call for him to add the pitch before he started throwing it, so stop trying to act like you have any idea about how likely it was for him to pick it up now that he has.
You claim every single Braves player is going to be awesome. Fried looks like he is becoming awesome, so your broken clock act might finally be right. Just be glad about it and stop trying to play yourself off as anyone who knows anything about anything other than shaking pompoms.
Last edited by Enscheff; 08-19-2019 at 08:47 PM.