We got our first real extended look of the Giants new LOOGY Javier Lopez in Thursday's game against the Atlanta Braves.He threw an inning and two thirds of scoreless no hit baseball. Below is a summary of his pitch f/x stats. We saw his 2 main pitches the mid to high 80's fastball and the low 80's slider.Pitch StatisticsPitch TypeAvg SpeedMax SpeedAvg H-BreakAvg V-BreakCountStrikes / %Swinging Strikes / %Linear WeightsTime to PlateFF (FourSeam Fastball)86.9489.310.93-2.12119 / 81.82%1 / 9.09% -0.93920.439SL (Slider)79.9485.42.870.0554 / 80.00%0 / 0.00% -0.45030.476Pitch Type LWTS correspond to how many runs were likely to score on a particular pitch based on average run expectancy when each pitch was thrown and what happened as a result. Negative scores indicate more effective pitches.http://www.brooksbaseball.net/He didn't miss a lot of bats (only one swinging strike) but also didn't give up any loud contact.He has a funky delivery and changes his arm angle quit...
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