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Erik Bedard Pitch F/X

Found December 09, 2011 on The "Mc" Effect: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Erik Bedard
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates

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The Pirates have a brand new starting pitcher, and he's one of the best we've had in a good while. I wrote all about Bedard the other day here. Let's take a closer look at the pitches he throws. Here's the data for the five pitches he threw in 2011 with their average speed, horizontal break, vertical break, the percentage of times he threw them, and the percentage of times he threw them for a strike. The data is courtesy of TexasLeaguers.com. Pitch TypeVelocH-BreakV-BreakSelectionStrike%Curveball77.3-5.06-9.5530.8%66.5%4-Seam90.44.968.7029.5%63.6%2-Seam91.09.416.6927.7%62.5%Change78.26.233.228.7%58.8%Cutter89.63.378.123.2%66.7%You can see that Bedard loves to throw the Uncle Charlie. You won't find too many pitchers that throw their curveball more than any other pitch, but Bedard has done it his entire career. The vertical drop on the pitch is right with some of the best curveballs in the league. Clayton Kershaw, this year's NL Cy Young award winner has one ...
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