Kason Gabbard Preview

Kason Gabbard faces the Cubs on Monday in Mesa. Here's the same stuff as the Jonathon Sanchez preview. Add'l info in this post (in some of the tables, charts are otherwise the same) includes px/pz (plate location) and x0/z0 (release points).

Gabbard's got a fastball, a straight change with good speed drop-off, plus a curve.

Pitch Characteristics

#	x0	z0	px	pz	mph	pfx_x	pfx_z	SpinDir	SpinRate
1	2.111	6.374	0.545	2.288	80.754	9.174	5.444	120.705	1197.608
2	2.078	6.436	0.065	2.605	87.332	9.836	7.508	127.303	1509.618
3	1.945	6.739	0.116	2.195	76.377	-3.15	-7.287	156.065	826.486

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	40	15	17	13	20	0	105
2	88	37	5	17	35	1	183
3	49	22	13	23	16	1	124
	177	74	35	53	71	2	412

"X" is in play

Event Frequencies

#	B	CS	SS	F	X	HR
1	38.1%	14.3%	16.2%	12.4%	19.0%	0.0%	25.5%
2	48.1%	20.2%	2.7%	9.3%	19.1%	0.5%	44.4%
3	39.5%	17.7%	10.5%	18.5%	12.9%	0.8%	30.1%
	43.0%	18.0%	8.5%	12.9%	17.2%	0.5%

Rates

#	SwRt	Whiff	B:CS
1	47.6%	34.0%	2.67
2	31.7%	8.6%	2.38
3	42.7%	24.5%	2.23
	39.1%	21.7%	2.39

Swing Rate (SS+F+X+HR)/All
Whiff Rate (SS)/Swings
Balls to Called Stikes

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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