It’s not the first time you’ve heard it and it certainly won’t be the last, but pitching isn’t all about velocity. However, the fact is, if a pitcher could once pump high-90s gas and then finds himself struggling to touch the mid-90s, it can take a toll on his confidence. That may have been the […]
Day: June 23, 2015
Game 68 Recap: Cubs 4, Dodgers 2
Top Play (WPA): Things weren’t looking great for the Cubs in the bottom of the third inning. Enrique Hernandez had just homered to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead, and Cubs starter Tsuyoshi Wada had left the game with an apparent shoulder injury. Meanwhile, Clayton Kershaw had looked very comfortable against Cubs bats the first time through […]
How Rare Is That?: The Cubs Late and Close in 2015
When you write about baseball, especially for an analytically-minded site like Baseball Prospectus, you have to be quite clear about what question you’re attempting to answer for the reader in each piece you write. For a game recap, the question might be as simple as “What happened in today’s game?”. For an analysis post, the question […]