Lidge f/x

Fastball, Slider. Some cutters and two-seamers, mixed in with the four-seamer, all labeled FA.

cfx	#	SwRt	WhiffRate	B:CS	IZRate	PaintRate	ChaseRate	WatchRate
FA	634	0.383	0.148	2.9	0.377	0.120	0.230	0.364
SL	730	0.497	0.510	1.7	0.440	0.099	0.416	0.399

		Pitch Speed (mph)			Spin Movement (in.)		Spin Directon/Rate
cfx	#	max	avg	min	pfx_x	pfx_z	deg	rpm
FA	634	100	96	90	-4.5	9.5	204.1	1468.5
SL	730	91	86	80	0.4	1.4	175.2	359.5

The slider is brutal, that whiff rate tells you he's one of the best. He throws it for more strikes than the fastball (sound familiar?) but, when you throw that hard, and you have some movement (more than indicated in the charts below), you do alright.





He can have command issues, so he can be beat some nights, although he is 31 for 31 in save opportunities this year. He'll throw almost all sliders some nights, which should also sound familiar.

Here are three shots of lidge. First two are four-seam fastballs, last one looks like a slider to me.