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Pitch Framing

Centerfield Nov 08 2020 04:35 PM

Here are the 2020 numbers. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/catcher_framing?year=2020&team=&min=q&sort=4,1 I don't really know what these mean. But it suggests James McCann got much better than he's been in the past. Was surprised to see d'Arnaud so low on the list. I always thought this was a strength. Ramos, as expected is low. Chirinos, brought in for defense, was even lower.

kcmets Nov 08 2020 05:08 PM Re: Pitch Framing

Ooooo, one of my favorite subjects! a> the horizontal strike zone is the of course home plate. b> catcher catches a pitch out of the horizontal strike zone and moves his mitt behind home plate. c> the ump magically forgets that it's where the ball CROSSES THE PLATE. d> said catcher is a sabermetric hot find.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 08 2020 05:41 PM Re: Pitch Framing

=kcmets post_id=50238 time=1604880521 user_id=53] b> catcher catches a pitch out of the horizontal strike zone and moves his mitt behind home plate.

The catcher might not even be moving his mitt to behind home plate, (although he probably is a great deal of the time). The catcher can catch the ball on the outer edge of his mitt, mitt permitting, with the meat of his mitt already lined up with home plate, to create the illusion of a strike.


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d> said catcher is a sabermetric hot find.




Why not? He deserves to be if he can pull this off at a greater rate than most other catchers.



I'll tell you what ... when the two of us get to own our own separate MLB teams, I'll weigh pitch framing skills when I scout catchers and you don't have to.

kcmets Nov 08 2020 06:57 PM Re: Pitch Framing

Technology will fix the horizontal strike zone before I own anything lol...