How to Become a Pitching Nerd

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

The Athletic

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Eno, Trevor and DVR discuss their paths into becoming pitching nerds while pulling back to discuss the baseline metrics they care about, and digging into a few of the newer tools and numbers they utilize to analyze pitchers. Rundown 7:45 What Are the Basic Things You Like to Know About Pitchers? 13:33 Year-to-Year Correlations of Pitching Stats 18:47 DIPS Theory & Other Changes Over Time 29:37 The Rise of Deeper Arsenals 34:58 Looking at Changes in Pitch Mix Over Time 43:34 *Newer* Pitch Details to Consider: Vertical Break 53:12 An Example of Seam-Shifted Wake 58:54 A Few Other Tools From Baseball Savant Pages Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social Follow Trevor on Bluesky: @iamtrevormay.bsky.social e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper, Eno Sarris & Trevor May Producer: Brian Smith Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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