Starting Rotation---question

[Maxbialystock]

Price has a great changeup. It's his fastball that has diminished returns this year and due to location not velocity. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=3184&position=P#pitchvalues

 

Meh. To me when you can't keep the batter off guard--having to worry about a good breaking ball--you put a whole lot more pressure on the fast ball and especially on the accuracy of your fast ball. Hitting different corners with a fast ball--a pitch that each and every time requires tremendous effort--is not easily done. We are talking about a couple of inches from a distance of 66 feet and you're throwing around a hundred of the suckers. If Price has a great changeup, I mean one that gets either a bad swing and an out or a swing and a miss or even a non-swing on a called strike, I sure haven't seen it very often. What are those stats based on anyway?

[mvp 78]

Meh. To me when you can't keep the batter off guard--having to worry about a good breaking ball--you put a whole lot more pressure on the fast ball and especially on the accuracy of your fast ball. Hitting different corners with a fast ball--a pitch that each and every time requires tremendous effort--is not easily done. We are talking about a couple of inches from a distance of 66 feet and you're throwing around a hundred of the suckers. If Price has a great changeup, I mean one that gets either a bad swing and an out or a swing and a miss or even a non-swing on a called strike, I sure haven't seen it very often. What are those stats based on anyway?

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/library/pitchfx-resources/

 

Who are you to doubt the Fangraphs Tribune!

[Maxbialystock]

http://www.fangraphs.com/library/pitchfx-resources/

 

Who are you to doubt the Fangraphs Tribune!

 

A fair question. They have stats, and all I have are observations and opinions. Plus I really like that Warren Spahn quote.