Inside the numbers: Alexi Ogando
Source: ESPN Dallas - Apr 17, 2011 at 4:19 PM
NEW YORK -- ESPN Stats & Information put together some numbers on Alexi Ogando and CC Sabathia in preparation for tonight's matchup.
So how has Ogando put up 13 scoreless innings?
* His high fastball has been very effective. Review of Pitch F/X data shows that hitters have swung at 24 of his fastballs in the upper-third of the strike zone and above. They’ve missed 11 of them, which gives him a miss rate higher than anyone else in baseball (45.8 percent) with that pitch.
* He’s thrown his slider for strikes 72 percent of the time (the major league average is about 63 percent). He’s also increased the frequency of his slider to left-handed hitters from last season, now throwing it nearly one of every three pitches.
* He’s allowed the leadoff man in an inning to reach twice in 13 plate appearances this season, continuing a trend from last year, in which the leadoff man reached only 17 percent of the time against him.”
Read the complete entry here.
So how has Ogando put up 13 scoreless innings?
* His high fastball has been very effective. Review of Pitch F/X data shows that hitters have swung at 24 of his fastballs in the upper-third of the strike zone and above. They’ve missed 11 of them, which gives him a miss rate higher than anyone else in baseball (45.8 percent) with that pitch.
* He’s thrown his slider for strikes 72 percent of the time (the major league average is about 63 percent). He’s also increased the frequency of his slider to left-handed hitters from last season, now throwing it nearly one of every three pitches.
* He’s allowed the leadoff man in an inning to reach twice in 13 plate appearances this season, continuing a trend from last year, in which the leadoff man reached only 17 percent of the time against him.”
Read the complete entry here.
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