The Cubs have six more exhibition games before a day off on the 30th. Monday the 31st, of course, is Opening Day.
Tuesday the Cubs face Jonathon Sanchez and the Giants (Muskat has me all screwed up with her scheduled pitcher updates). Monday, the Cubs play the Rangers and Kason Gabbard. Check out Gabbard's preview, too.
Jonathon Sanchez Pitch Preview
Sanchez looks to be a three-pitch guy. I'll call it fastball, change and curve.
Pitch Characteristics
| # | mph | pfx_x | pfx_z | SpinDir | SpinRate |
| 1 | 90.9 | 9.88 | 8.08 | 129.7 | 1609.1 |
| 2 | 83.6 | 10.45 | 2.49 | 103.8 | 1259.8 |
| 3 | 81.1 | 0.13 | -3.45 | 194.8 | 484.1 |
The PFX numbers are spin related movement in inches. z is vertical, x lateral. Spin direction is in degrees, rate in RPM.
Pitch Events
| # | B | CS | SS | F | X | HR | |
| 1 | 64 | 37 | 17 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 174 |
| 2 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 63 |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| 93 | 47 | 26 | 51 | 40 | 3 | 260 |
"X" is in play
Event Frequencies
| # | B | CS | SS | F | X | HR | |
| 1 | 36.8% | 21.3% | 9.8% | 17.2% | 13.8% | 1.1% | 66.9% |
| 2 | 33.3% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 20.6% | 22.2% | 1.6% | 24.2% |
| 3 | 34.8% | 13.0% | 8.7% | 34.8% | 8.7% | 0.0% | 8.8% |
| 35.8% | 18.1% | 10.0% | 19.6% | 15.4% | 1.2% |
Rates
| # | SwRt | Whiff | B:CS |
| 1 | 42.0% | 23.3% | 1.73 |
| 2 | 55.6% | 20.0% | 3.00 |
| 3 | 52.2% | 16.7% | 2.67 |
| 46.2% | 21.7% | 1.98 |
Swing Rate (SS+F+X+HR)/All
Whiff Rate (SS)/Swings
Balls to Called Stikes
His fastball looks to be his most effective pitch for getting a strike, and not much is done against his curve.
The charts, starting with release points (in feet), spin movement (inches) and plate location (feet again). All charts from the catcher's perspective. You can see the scatter of every pitch and the average by cluster (pitch type) for all three.
Release Point
Spin movement
Plate location
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