Monday, April 25, 2011

Garza's Pitch Selections as a Cub

Matt Garza makes his fourth start for the Cubs in about 90 minutes. To date, he's shown an increased use of his change-up and slider to right-handed batters. His pitch selection against lefties has been incredibly balanced.


Despite what Fangraphs reported, Garza is not throwing more two-seam fastballs. Less, actually. Across the line, Garza has shifted his pitch mix from 2010, which was representative of his 2007-2010 average:
             2010     2011
Change-up    5.4%    11.1%
Curveball    9.0%    12.1%
4-seam FB   46.1%    38.2%
2-seam FB   25.6%    16.1%
Slider      13.9%    22.5%


Pitch classifications by the author, PITCHf/x data from MLBAM and Sportvision


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