Cubs Visit Atlanta - Braves Staff Preview

The Cubs will miss Javier Vazquez (good) and Kris Medlen (ah, too bad). Here's the PITCHf/x from 2009 for the current Braves pitching staff. Starting with my opinions followed by the data I used. Draw your own conclusions.

Pitch types:
F4 (four-seam fastball); F2 (two-seam fastball or sinker); FC (cutter); SL (sliders and slurves); CU (curveballs); CH (change-ups)

                         Starters           Relievers
Best Change-Up           Vazquez            O'Flaherty
Best Breaking Pitch      Vazquez (CU)       O'Flaherty (SL)
Best Fastball            Lowe (F2)          Soriano (F4)
Best Stuff               Vazquez            O'Flaherty
                         Starters           Relievers
Worst Change-Up          Lowe               Campillo
Worst Breaking Pitch     Lowe (SL)          Bennett (SL)
Worst Fastball           Kawakami (F4)      Campillo (F4)
Worst Stuff              Medlen             Bennett
                         Starters           Relievers
Sleeper                  Jurrjens           Soriano
Don't Forget             Kawakami           Gonzalez

Tables are sortable, just click the headers.

pitcher	cfx	#	vs LHH	vs RHH	MPH	PFX_X	PFX_Z	DEG	RPM
Manny Acosta	F4	12	4	8	94.3	-2.8	9.6	196.3	2,134.6
Manny Acosta	SL	11	3	8	81.3	2.2	0.8	105.0	581.8
Jorge Campillo	FC	12	5	7	79.6	2.6	4.1	147.6	909.8
Jorge Campillo	CU	8	5	3	71.1	4.2	-5.3	41.7	1,134.7
Eric O'Flaherty	CH	46	8	38	82.2	6.7	4.2	123.6	1,496.5
Kris Medlen	CH	42	27	15	80.7	-8.5	6.6	232.1	1,942.4
Peter Moylan	CU	43	10	33	77.4	6.9	0.0	90.2	1,221.0
Derek Lowe	CH	27	21	6	83.9	-6.6	2.2	251.9	1,338.0
Kenshin Kawakami	FC	113	44	69	86.7	0.3	6.7	173.9	1,374.6
Jeff Bennett	F4	79	36	43	93.8	-2.4	9.6	193.6	2,090.5
Kenshin Kawakami	F2	84	59	25	90.2	-8.1	7.7	227.0	2,263.6
Manny Acosta	F2	38	9	29	95.1	-6.9	8.6	219.0	2,355.7
Kenshin Kawakami	CH	121	68	53	85.0	-7.5	3.9	243.3	1,636.3
Mike Gonzalez	SL	144	40	104	83.3	-0.5	0.1	195.6	362.7
Mike Gonzalez	F4	222	74	148	93.2	6.9	9.6	144.6	2,461.6
Jair Jurrjens	CH	211	141	70	83.2	-7.3	5.5	233.1	1,726.4
Rafael Soriano	SL	71	21	50	81.6	3.5	2.1	122.6	806.9
Derek Lowe	SL	358	183	175	81.9	2.4	0.6	108.2	563.4
Derek Lowe	F2	712	286	426	88.7	-8.8	3.5	248.1	1,897.7
Jair Jurrjens	F2	271	100	171	92.0	-6.4	8.3	217.6	2,159.4
Peter Moylan	F2	248	97	151	89.6	-7.7	-4.9	302.9	1,860.2
Javier Vazquez	CH	163	131	32	80.6	-6.6	6.0	227.3	1,643.1
Jair Jurrjens	SL	145	32	113	80.5	2.8	1.5	121.7	660.0
Jeff Bennett	F2	255	122	133	93.5	-6.9	6.6	226.4	2,016.2
Kenshin Kawakami	CU	144	51	93	69.9	7.6	-6.1	51.4	1,530.6
Javier Vazquez	F2	249	137	112	91.5	-8.4	7.1	229.8	2,256.5
Rafael Soriano	F2	30	27	3	92.3	-6.7	7.8	220.9	2,127.2
Eric O'Flaherty	F4	108	49	59	91.1	5.5	9.2	148.9	2,206.6
Jair Jurrjens	F4	308	173	135	91.7	-3.0	10.1	196.5	2,173.8
Rafael Soriano	F4	200	78	122	93.0	-3.1	10.0	196.9	2,194.8
Kris Medlen	CU	47	19	28	78.5	4.2	-4.0	53.7	1,033.4
Kenshin Kawakami	F4	379	147	232	90.4	-5.6	9.6	210.0	2,253.8
Javier Vazquez	F4	305	178	127	91.5	-4.7	9.2	206.8	2,130.0
Eric O'Flaherty	SL	77	55	22	83.8	-2.1	2.3	220.6	676.9
Kris Medlen	F4	129	54	75	89.4	-4.3	10.1	202.8	2,224.6
Javier Vazquez	SL	204	99	105	83.8	2.2	2.4	136.1	729.8
Eric O'Flaherty	F2	52	19	33	90.7	7.5	7.2	134.0	2,133.3
Javier Vazquez	CU	184	98	86	72.7	7.2	-5.1	55.3	1,445.8
Kris Medlen	F2	36	22	14	89.6	-7.4	7.0	226.8	2,058.2
Jorge Campillo	CH	14	12	2	73.2	-8.0	8.9	221.5	1,988.9
Jeff Bennett	SL	71	16	55	87.1	2.3	1.9	130.2	722.0
Peter Moylan	CH	26	25	1	79.2	-6.9	-2.5	288.9	1,371.4
Jorge Campillo	F4	32	20	12	84.1	-3.3	10.2	197.1	2,049.8
Mike Gonzalez	CH	2	0	2	79.5	5.3	7.3	145.0	1,598.0
Manny Acosta	CH	6	4	2	84.3	-4.8	8.3	209.4	1,846.5
Jeff Bennett	CH	1	1	0	88.6	-5.4	2.7	243.4	1,204.6
Rafael Soriano	FC	3	0	3	88.8	1.2	7.7	170.8	1,568.8
Jorge Campillo	F2	2	1	1	84.1	-6.3	9.0	215.8	2,079.8
Derek Lowe	F4	3	2	1	88.2	-5.0	7.4	213.6	1,763.9

pitcher	cfx	#	Swing	Whiff	B:CS	IWZ	Chase	Watch	nkSLG	rv100	rv
Manny Acosta	F4	12	0.333	0.000	1.67	0.583	0.000	0.429	0.000	-7.08	-0.850
Manny Acosta	SL	11	0.273	0.667	1.00	0.546	0.000	0.500	0.000	-5.83	-0.641
Jorge Campillo	FC	12	0.500	0.333	5.00	0.250	0.444	0.333	0.000	-4.77	-0.573
Jorge Campillo	CU	8	0.250	0.000	2.00	0.750	0.000	0.667	0.000	-3.02	-0.242
Eric O'Flaherty	CH	46	0.478	0.182	5.00	0.304	0.375	0.286	0.100	-2.67	-1.226
Kris Medlen	CH	42	0.429	0.278	5.00	0.452	0.130	0.211	0.200	-1.42	-0.595
Peter Moylan	CU	43	0.372	0.438	1.60	0.349	0.286	0.467	0.333	-1.39	-0.598
Derek Lowe	CH	27	0.222	0.333	4.25	0.333	0.056	0.444	1.000	3.46	0.935
Kenshin Kawakami	FC	113	0.389	0.227	2.35	0.513	0.182	0.414	0.333	0.27	0.305
Jeff Bennett	F4	79	0.392	0.129	2.13	0.519	0.184	0.415	0.364	1.16	0.919
Kenshin Kawakami	F2	84	0.286	0.125	2.11	0.417	0.082	0.429	0.818	2.63	2.213
Manny Acosta	F2	38	0.421	0.063	3.20	0.553	0.118	0.286	0.200	-2.79	-1.061
Kenshin Kawakami	CH	121	0.595	0.306	8.80	0.380	0.427	0.130	0.640	0.62	0.745
Mike Gonzalez	SL	144	0.431	0.307	2.08	0.465	0.286	0.388	0.583	-0.79	-1.144
Mike Gonzalez	F4	222	0.405	0.178	1.50	0.514	0.333	0.509	0.708	-0.22	-0.480
Jair Jurrjens	CH	211	0.521	0.218	2.57	0.460	0.404	0.330	0.377	-1.32	-2.789
Rafael Soriano	SL	71	0.493	0.257	1.57	0.521	0.353	0.378	0.400	-1.24	-0.879
Derek Lowe	SL	358	0.422	0.278	2.20	0.330	0.300	0.322	0.600	0.20	0.713
Derek Lowe	F2	712	0.441	0.067	1.85	0.497	0.251	0.353	0.325	-1.78	-12.674
Jair Jurrjens	F2	271	0.447	0.083	2.00	0.565	0.212	0.360	0.614	0.97	2.641
Peter Moylan	F2	248	0.444	0.146	2.16	0.488	0.284	0.380	0.372	0.12	0.298
Javier Vazquez	CH	163	0.485	0.468	6.27	0.319	0.351	0.192	0.278	-3.01	-4.911
Jair Jurrjens	SL	145	0.393	0.298	5.21	0.372	0.231	0.333	0.207	-1.33	-1.923
Jeff Bennett	F2	255	0.447	0.105	1.66	0.565	0.279	0.396	0.392	-0.28	-0.716
Kenshin Kawakami	CU	144	0.549	0.266	2.10	0.507	0.394	0.301	0.436	-1.67	-2.406
Javier Vazquez	F2	249	0.398	0.141	1.47	0.506	0.163	0.365	0.577	0.38	0.941
Rafael Soriano	F2	30	0.333	0.000	5.67	0.300	0.191	0.333	0.600	3.01	0.902
Eric O'Flaherty	F4	108	0.500	0.148	0.79	0.694	0.273	0.400	0.263	-3.01	-3.254
Jair Jurrjens	F4	308	0.416	0.141	1.32	0.568	0.203	0.406	0.488	-0.78	-2.412
Rafael Soriano	F4	200	0.480	0.313	1.97	0.550	0.244	0.309	0.471	-3.22	-6.437
Kris Medlen	CU	47	0.362	0.118	1.31	0.660	0.188	0.548	0.625	0.54	0.256
Kenshin Kawakami	F4	379	0.401	0.138	1.70	0.515	0.147	0.344	0.727	1.67	6.319
Javier Vazquez	F4	305	0.492	0.267	1.20	0.551	0.212	0.280	0.868	0.31	0.943
Eric O'Flaherty	SL	77	0.455	0.257	3.44	0.416	0.311	0.313	0.273	-3.18	-2.445
Kris Medlen	F4	129	0.411	0.245	2.36	0.504	0.219	0.385	0.444	-0.70	-0.905
Javier Vazquez	SL	204	0.525	0.308	2.20	0.431	0.397	0.296	0.512	-0.27	-0.554
Eric O'Flaherty	F2	52	0.442	0.174	1.33	0.635	0.263	0.455	0.400	0.11	0.055
Javier Vazquez	CU	184	0.397	0.397	1.47	0.440	0.359	0.556	0.310	-3.98	-7.327
Kris Medlen	F2	36	0.250	0.000	1.25	0.472	0.105	0.588	0.167	-2.51	-0.903
Jorge Campillo	CH	14	0.643	0.444	-	0.286	0.500	0.000	0.667	2.35	0.329
Jeff Bennett	SL	71	0.437	0.290	4.00	0.479	0.243	0.353	0.818	4.40	3.124
Peter Moylan	CH	26	0.346	0.556	14.00	0.231	0.250	0.167	0.333	0.15	0.038
Jorge Campillo	F4	32	0.281	0.111	2.83	0.313	0.182	0.500	1.143	8.91	2.852
Mike Gonzalez	CH	2	0.500	0.000	0.00	1.000	-	0.500	0.000	-17.95	-0.359
Manny Acosta	CH	6	0.667	0.250	-	0.167	0.800	1.000	1.000	7.80	0.468
Jeff Bennett	CH	1	0.000	-	0.00	1.000	-	1.000	-	-6.10	-0.061
Rafael Soriano	FC	3	0.667	0.500	-	0.333	0.500	0.000	-	-0.17	-0.005
Jorge Campillo	F2	2	0.000	-	-	0.000	0.000	-	-	6.65	0.133
Derek Lowe	F4	3	0.333	0.000	-	0.333	0.000	0.000	-	11.40	0.342

pitcher	cfx	#	GB%	FB%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	HR/LD
Manny Acosta	F4	12	0.000	1.000	0.000	0.000	0.500	-
Manny Acosta	SL	11	0.000	1.000	0.000	0.000	1.000	-
Jorge Campillo	FC	12	0.500	0.500	0.000	0.000	0.000	-
Jorge Campillo	CU	8	0.000	1.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-
Eric O'Flaherty	CH	46	0.800	0.200	0.000	0.000	0.000	-
Kris Medlen	CH	42	0.400	0.600	0.000	0.000	0.000	-
Peter Moylan	CU	43	0.333	0.667	0.000	0.000	0.500	-
Derek Lowe	CH	27	1.000	0.000	0.000	-	-	-
Kenshin Kawakami	FC	113	0.417	0.500	0.083	0.000	0.333	0.000
Jeff Bennett	F4	79	0.636	0.273	0.091	0.000	0.000	0.000
Kenshin Kawakami	F2	84	0.455	0.455	0.091	0.400	0.000	0.000
Manny Acosta	F2	38	0.600	0.300	0.100	0.000	0.000	0.000
Kenshin Kawakami	CH	121	0.400	0.480	0.120	0.083	0.083	0.000
Mike Gonzalez	SL	144	0.458	0.417	0.125	0.100	0.100	0.000
Mike Gonzalez	F4	222	0.250	0.625	0.125	0.067	0.267	0.000
Jair Jurrjens	CH	211	0.491	0.377	0.132	0.050	0.300	0.000
Rafael Soriano	SL	71	0.333	0.533	0.133	0.000	0.000	0.000
Derek Lowe	SL	358	0.455	0.400	0.146	0.046	0.136	0.000
Derek Lowe	F2	712	0.613	0.238	0.150	0.026	0.079	0.000
Jair Jurrjens	F2	271	0.509	0.333	0.158	0.053	0.053	0.111
Peter Moylan	F2	248	0.744	0.093	0.163	0.000	0.000	0.000
Javier Vazquez	CH	163	0.444	0.389	0.167	0.000	0.143	0.000
Jair Jurrjens	SL	145	0.345	0.483	0.172	0.000	0.357	0.000
Jeff Bennett	F2	255	0.608	0.216	0.177	0.000	0.273	0.000
Kenshin Kawakami	CU	144	0.410	0.410	0.180	0.000	0.188	0.000
Javier Vazquez	F2	249	0.423	0.385	0.192	0.100	0.150	0.000
Rafael Soriano	F2	30	0.400	0.400	0.200	0.000	0.000	0.000
Eric O'Flaherty	F4	108	0.421	0.368	0.211	0.000	0.286	0.000
Jair Jurrjens	F4	308	0.163	0.605	0.233	0.039	0.115	0.000
Rafael Soriano	F4	200	0.294	0.471	0.235	0.000	0.000	0.250
Kris Medlen	CU	47	0.625	0.125	0.250	0.000	1.000	0.000
Kenshin Kawakami	F4	379	0.349	0.394	0.258	0.077	0.115	0.000
Javier Vazquez	F4	305	0.290	0.447	0.263	0.177	0.235	0.000
Eric O'Flaherty	SL	77	0.364	0.364	0.273	0.000	0.250	0.000
Kris Medlen	F4	129	0.167	0.556	0.278	0.000	0.100	0.000
Javier Vazquez	SL	204	0.463	0.244	0.293	0.100	0.200	0.000
Eric O'Flaherty	F2	52	0.500	0.200	0.300	0.000	0.000	0.000
Javier Vazquez	CU	184	0.414	0.276	0.310	0.000	0.125	0.000
Kris Medlen	F2	36	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.000	0.000	0.000
Jorge Campillo	CH	14	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.000	0.000	0.000
Jeff Bennett	SL	71	0.182	0.273	0.546	0.000	0.000	0.000
Peter Moylan	CH	26	0.000	0.333	0.667	0.000	1.000	0.000
Jorge Campillo	F4	32	0.143	0.143	0.714	0.000	0.000	0.000
Mike Gonzalez	CH	2	0.000	0.000	1.000	-	-	0.000
Manny Acosta	CH	6	0.000	0.000	1.000	-	-	0.000
Jeff Bennett	CH	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rafael Soriano	FC	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jorge Campillo	F2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Lowe	F4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-