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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Strasburg from the stretch
Posted by Mike Fast
Does Stephen Strasburg lose velocity on his fastball when he pitches from the stretch? According to MGL at the Book blog, that's what Bob Feller alleged in comments after Strasburg's start in Cleveland on Sunday:
He loses about two or three miles per hour on his fastball with men on base, I noticed that on the radar. But that’s typical. That’s not unusual at all.
As to whether that's unusual, we've covered that previously. But was Feller right about Strasburg? Maybe so.
Here are the speeds of each of the pitches thrown by Strasburg on June 13, shown in sequence and broken out by pitch type. The pitches thrown with runners on base are circled.
Strasburg went to his two-seam sinking fastball more often with men on base, and that pitch is slower than his four-seam fastball. But even accounting for the difference in pitch types, there does seem to be a drop of a couple mph with runners on base.
Mike Fast is a Royals fan who enjoys investigating baseball questions using data of many sorts. He is a member of Complete Game Consulting. He welcomes comments via e-mail.
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So was he taking off speed for more command?