January 23, 20179 yr I thought I'd make a post for those who want to discuss. Lots of baseball writers have been dsicussing this this morning: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article....articleid=31022 Worth the read, and also helpful was The Ringer's MLB podcast discussing this with BP, but they are introducing two ways of trying to understand a pitchers command vs. control. For command they are using a framework similar to pitch framing, showing which pitchers are more likely to get a strike called. Control I have to say I keep reading it over and over and I think I'm misunderstanding it. There are some helpful graphics though showing the zones of the strike zone and beyond and what percentage of pitches landing there are called strikes. But these zones change per type of batter and umpire. It then is using Called Strike probability to show what the likelihood is their pitches will be a strike. Bartolo Colon leads the league in this. No sox were mentioned in their top tens. I hope to look through and see how our pitchers did, especially knowing our poor framing. Anyway don't read above as a complete rundown of the article, it is more me trying to write my thoughts on how I understand it. If I am missing a piece or there are more interesting parts please add.
January 23, 20179 yr Author If anyone was wondering JB Shucks stint as pitcher put him at the top of called strike probability with near 60%. ERA of 9
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