More Data About Sliders | FanGraphs Baseball
May 24, 2021 Last week, I laid out some broad categorizations of what makes a slider effective, when viewed in the aggregate. As a quick recap: The most important single characteristic is hitting the corners of the strike zone. If you have a slider with plus horizontal movement, it’s also okay to miss over the middle of the plate. The middle of the plate is a great location early, but a poor location late in counts. There’s more, but those were the key findings. That analysis left some additional factors out, because there are only so many tables you can fit into an article before it all ...
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