Randy Johnson Updated

Here's my latest cut at Randy Johnson's pitches. He'll face Rich Harden Monday night, in what has the potential to be a good match-up. The Big Unit has had two good starts in a row, but has struggled most of 2008.



Randy Johnson - Pitch Types

cfx	L	R	mph	pfx_x	pfx_z	deg	rpm	B:CS	corner%	Sw%	Whiff%	SwOZ%	TaIZ%	HR%	NKS	G:AO
F2	4	176	85.5	8.5	5.8	125	1,258	3.9	13.89	50.56	23.08	38.74	22.34	0.6	0.477	1.3
F4	132	666	92.0	8.7	8.5	135	1,590	2.5	10.90	41.60	19.88	23.99	22.88	1.0	0.677	0.5
FC	0	3	85.5	2.9	7.4	158	986		66.67	66.67	50.00	50.00	0.00	0.0
FS	3	34	85.0	5.5	3.0	119	767	2.0	21.62	35.14	30.77	20.00	20.00	0.0	0.833
SL	111	452	84.9	-0.6	2.5	186	416	1.0	10.83	57.02	27.10	48.28	29.48	0.9	0.545	0.7
	250	1331	88.5	5.3	5.9	152	1,114	1.9	11.57	48.01	23.58	32.85	25.43	0.9	0.598	0.7

Very few cutters, if those are even cutters and not just noise.

Randy Johnson - Release points



Randy Johnson - Flight paths




Randy Johnson - Pitch Selection by Start



Randy shelved the splitter for at least part of May.

Randy Johnson - Pitch by Situation vs. LHH

		#	F2	F4	FC	FS	SL
L	first	70	2.9	42.9	0.0	0.0	54.3
L	ahead	81	1.2	53.1	0.0	1.2	44.4
L	behind	53	1.9	66.0	0.0	0.0	32.1
L	even	39	0.0	56.4	0.0	5.1	38.5
L	full	7	0.0	28.6	0.0	0.0	71.4

Randy Johnson - Pitch by Situation vs. RHH

		#	F2	F4	FC	FS	SL
R	first	353	19.3	50.1	0.3	2.3	28.0
R	ahead	395	6.8	60.3	0.3	1.8	30.9
R	behind	276	17.8	44.9	0.0	4.7	32.6
R	even	248	12.1	44.0	0.4	1.6	41.9
R	full	59	3.4	30.5	0.0	3.4	62.7

Randy likes to mix that sinking two-seamer in against righties. It's one of his most effective pitches, even compared to his more famous four-seamer and slider - not to mention the splitter.

He still has some quality stuff, but he's hittable, which was not the case for many years. He's a Hall of Famer, but I like the Cubs' chances.