Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Player Card: Joe Panik



I like the analysis and the approach to disseminating the data. But seriously, Buster Posey "a poor eye" on fastballs? I don't think so. More likely, as a power hitter and the guy most likely to damage against the fastball, he doesn't see many, if any in the strike zone, therefore occasionally has to "chase" outside for the one fastball per AB he can handle, even though it may be a little bit out of the SZ. Maybe we should ask Joey Votto for his thoughts on the matter.

But I can't disagree with too much else and very neatly pass the eyeball test in all other respects, especially regarding these three hitters. I'm not sure if you could parse the data differently for contact hitters versus power hitter anyway. The conclusions might be slightly different if you did and clearly the hitting approach of a Buster Posey is going to be fundamentally different than a Joe Panik to say nothing of the way pitchers attempt to approach them.


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Joe Panik

San Francisco Giants

Hitter-At-A-Glance 

Joe Panik has seen 2,903 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2011 and 2015, including pitches seen in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training.

In 2015:
Against All Fastballs (930 seen), he has had a league average eye (0.93 d'; 64% swing rate at pitches in the zone vs. 28% swing rate at pitches out of the zone) and a steady approach at the plate (0.11 c) with a low likelihood to swing and miss (8% whiff/swing).

Against Breaking Pitches (276 seen), he has had a league average eye (0.66 d'; 59% swing rate at pitches in the zone vs. 33% swing rate at pitches out of the zone) and a steady approach at the plate (0.10 c) with an exceptionally low likelihood to swing and miss (17% whiff/swing).

Against Offspeed Pitches (203 seen), he has had a very poor eye (0.62 d'; 67% swing rate at pitches in the zone vs. 42% swing rate at pitches out of the zone) and a steady approach at the plate (-0.12 c) with a low likelihood to swing and miss (22% whiff/swing). 

Buster Posey

San Francisco Giants

Hitter-At-A-Glance 

Buster Posey has seen 12,175 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2015, including pitches seen in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training.

In 2015:
Against All Fastballs (767 seen), he has had a poor eye (0.82 d'; 68% swing rate at pitches in the zone vs. 36% swing rate at pitches out of the zone) and an aggressive approach at the plate (-0.04 c) with a low likelihood to swing and miss (9% whiff/swing).

Against Breaking Pitches (363 seen), he has had a very good eye (0.95 d'; 66% swing rate at pitches in the zone vs. 30% swing rate at pitches out of the zone) and a steady approach at the plate (0.05 c) with a low likelihood to swing and miss (20% whiff/swing).

Against Offspeed Pitches (121 seen), he has had a good eye (1.12 d'; 81% swing rate at pitches in the zone vs. 41% swing rate at pitches out of the zone) and a steady approach at the plate (-0.33 c) with a below average likelihood to swing and miss (27% whiff/swing). 

Matt Duffy

San Francisco Giants

Hitter-At-A-Glance 

Matt Duffy has seen 1,330 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2014 and 2015, including pitches seen in the MLB Regular Season and the MLB Postseason.

In 2015:
Against All Fastballs (716 seen), he has had an exceptionally poor eye (0.66 d'; 63% swing rate at pitches in the zone vs. 37% swing rate at pitches out of the zone) and a steady approach at the plate (0.00 c) with a below average likelihood to swing and miss (12% whiff/swing).

Against Breaking Pitches (288 seen), he has had a poor eye (0.49 d'; 54% swing rate at pitches in the zone vs. 35% swing rate at pitches out of the zone) and a steady approach at the plate (0.14 c) with an above average likelihood to swing and miss (38% whiff/swing).

Against Offspeed Pitches (96 seen), he has had a poor eye (0.75 d'; 80% swing rate at pitches in the zone vs. 54% swing rate at pitches out of the zone) and a very aggressive approach at the plate (-0.46 c) with a below average likelihood to swing and miss (24% whiff/swing). 


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