Fish Sticks Against Cubs Arms

The following Cubs pitchers have faced current Marlins and have had pitches recorded by PITCHf/x:

Samardzija, Harden, Lilly, Marshall, Zambrano, Marmol, Cotts and Heilman

As a group, they threw 50% fastballs (including sinkers) and 50% strikes. Here's how that breaks out, staff vs. hitter.



Emilio Bonifacio and Alfredo Amezaga see a lot of heat, Dan Uggla and Jorge Cantu do not. Wes Helms and Cantu see fewer strikes, while Brett Carroll scares no one.

Some of the Cubs have thrown at least 20 pitches to one or more Marlins. Using run values per 100 pitches, here's how they stack up.



Over a small sample, Cantu owns Carlos Zambrano. Hanley Ramirez has done well against Big Z, too. The rest of the match-ups favor the Cubs, to date. Overall, the Marlins hitters have put up an rv100 of 3 against the Cubs pitchers (that includes hitters that didn't make the cut for the Familiar Foes).

Last, but not least, Sean Marshall's pitch mix against the Marlins. Nothing unusual for Marshall, cutters and curves, cutters and curves.



Sean has faced 10 Marlins, here's how he worked the five he's seen the most.



I have more data to share, so check back for updates in this post, and new ones as the series continues.