[外電] Sabathia’s Strong June

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http://www.fangraphs.com/community/index.php/sabathias-strong-june/

by yankee82093@fangraphs - June 28, 2010

CC is having his best month so far this year. In June he has a 2.48 ERA, 3.13
FIP, and a 3.46 xFIP, all excellent numbers. His improved numbers have come
mainly by way of improved strikeout numbers. His K/9 this month is 8.69, over
1.4 more strikeouts per nine than any other month, a huge jump. He is
punching out more batters this month because of nastier secondary pitches:

CC正處於他今年狀態最佳的六月  六月他的成績是2.48ERA 3.13FIP跟3.46xFIP，
都是很棒的數字  成績的進步主要來自於三振數字的提升
六月的K/9事8.69  比起過去任何一個月份都進步超過1.4以上  這是個大躍進
他能三振更多打者是因為他的secondary pitches變得更犀利了

March-May (SL = slider, CH = changeup, CU = curveball):

Type    Count   Selection  Strike  Swing   Whiff   Foul    In Play
FF      504     48.6%      63.3%   38.1%   4.6%    16.7%   16.9%
CH      188     18.1%      64.9%   54.8%   16.0%   18.1%   20.7%
SI      175     16.9%      69.7%   54.3%   8.0%    13.1%   33.1%
SL      141     13.6%      56.7%   41.1%   15.6%   12.8%   12.8%
CU      27      2.6%       66.7%   33.3%   7.4%    14.8%   11.1%
FA      3       0.3%       33.3%   0.0%    0.0%    0.0%    0.0%

June:

Type    Count   Selection  Strike  Swing   Whiff   Foul    In Play
FF      252     60.1%      63.1%   40.9%   4.4%    16.7%   19.8%
CH      54      12.9%      68.5%   57.4%   25.9%   13.0%   18.5%
SI      46      11.0%      52.2%   47.8%   8.7%    17.4%   21.7%
SL      34      8.1%       73.5%   50.0%   32.4%   5.9%    11.8%
CU      33      7.9%       63.6%   51.5%   24.2%   15.2%   12.1%

As you can see, his secondary pitches are being swung through quite often
now. What’s also really important here is that in June, he has thrown his
slider for a strike way more often than earlier in the year, suggesting
improved command. When looking at the movement of his pitches, one can see
that his breaking ball(s?) especially have sharpened up:

正如同你看見的  他的secondary pitches現在很常被揮擊
另外一點就是  他六月的滑球好球率比起早幾個月先高得多  大概是command變好了
而當我們去觀察他球路的movement  可以發現特別是他的變化球犀利得多

March-May

Type    Count   Selection  Velocity  Vertical    Horizontal
SL      141     13.6%       80.4      -0.63       -5.75
CU      27      2.6%        78.5      -3.85       -2.03

June

Type    Count   Selection  Velocity  Vertical    Horizontal
SL      34      8.1%        80.8      -1.27       -2.96
CU      33      7.9%        80.9      -3.10       -0.88

In June he has lost a considerable amount of horizontal movement, but gained
vertical movement (assuming that his curveball and slider are basically the
same pitch). This indicates that his slider/curve was a little flat earlier
in the year, and he has since added more tilt to the pitch.

在六月份他變化球的水平位移有相當程度的下降  但垂直位移變大了
這顯示出他的slider/curve本季之前有點太"平"了  然他現在讓它們更"斜"一點

His release points also look a little tighter:

同時他的放球點也稍微更固定了

(請看原始連結的圖)

*obviously the march-may chart is going to be more crowded (than the June
chart) because of more pitches thrown during that time-period. Additionally,
the horizontal changes in release point  may have more to do with changes in
where Sabathia stands on the rubber than actual release point differences. I
also apologize for the changing color of the pitches from chart to chart.

*顯然三月-五月的圖會比較擠(跟六月的比)  因為那段時間的投球數比較多
另外一點是水平的位置差異可能比較是因為Sabathia站在投手板的位置不同而不是因為
真的放球點不一致
我在這也對我改了圖跟圖之間標球種的顏色感到抱歉

It certainly looks like Sabathia has found his secondary pitches,
particularly his slider/curve. He’s throwing his slider/curve with better
tilt and much better command. This improvement can also be seen by looking at
linear weight values, found on Fangraphs:

看起來很明顯Sabathia好像找回了他的secondary pitches  特別是slider跟curve
他現在能夠投出斜度更大的slider/curve同時有更佳的command
這些進步從他的投球價值(pitch type value)也能看得出來

wSL/C    March/April     2.71
         May             1.17
         June            3.46

As a result of his improved secondary pitches, batters are chasing balls and
swinging through Sabathia’s pitches more often:

因為進步的secondary pitches  打者更常去追打、揮擊Sabathia的壞球：

                O-swing SwStr%
March/April      29%     10.5%
May              29.7%   6.8%
June             34.2%   11.2%

It is quite clear that his secondary pitches are better this month than
previously in the year (march-april), yet for some reason Sabathia is
actually throwing fastballs more often.

很清楚知道他這個月的secondary pitches比起之前(三月-四月)都好
不過某些原因Sabathia這個月事實上更常投他的速球：

fastball + sinker %
March-May   65.8%
June        71.1%

*this article originally appeared on www.pendingpinstripes.net/

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