Your channel is a hidden gem. I love all this in depth stuff about pitching. It’s fascinating seeing how many variables there are that affect performance. I’m always learning something new.
I found out about Cade Smith when the Mets played the Guardians earlier in the season and was super impressed. Really thought he should have made the AS team, glad hes getting some love cuz hes nasty
Tanner Bibee and Gavin Williams have electric stuff, and Ben Lively has come out of nowhere and been rock solid! They are 1 solid starter away from a deep OCT playoff run. They need to add Jack Flaherty by the deadline!!!
My freind was the host family in the cape for adin major he’s a great guy who is a hard worker and understands pitching well love his fastball and breaking balls
Love this channel and analysis! Lance is one of the best to do this, and the way he explains things really helps the average baseball fan really understand and learn more about the game. Such amazing work!
Lance I have a question: does stuff+ like vertical and horizontal differences in movement of every secondary pitch compared to fastball, or just certain pitches? Thank you
Good q - so it depends on the model’s features. It’s my understanding that most of the public models have some element of this (Eno’s on FanGraphs for example). But I also don’t believe it’s an impactful feature in the model, as in, it doesn’t matter more in terms of predictiveness than velocity, vert / hrz independent of fastball, etc It’s a good debate because we’ve seen some teams change pitches that stay the same in grade that then perform better. And the explanation as to why it performs better is likely connected to command or how the pitch looks / plays off the fastball (those are both connected to some extent I would bet). Taj Bradley for example, has a similar Stuff+ slider compared to last year and yet it’s much better than last year, I would guess, because of how he can command it or how it plays off the fastball
Always a chance. I would think it’s unlikely because of how games are structured with relievers taking a larger % of innings, and they generally throw less 4S. So league wide that would need to shift back. There’d need to be some strike-throwing incentive or SP invective. Then we might see it kick back up.
Your channel is a hidden gem. I love all this in depth stuff about pitching. It’s fascinating seeing how many variables there are that affect performance. I’m always learning something new.
Nobody can explain this stuff like lance!
Thanks for tuning in. If you ever have any questions, I’ll be in the comments 🤙
I found out about Cade Smith when the Mets played the Guardians earlier in the season and was super impressed. Really thought he should have made the AS team, glad hes getting some love cuz hes nasty
Yes! He was my biggest all-star snub. I’m bummed he didn’t get the opportunity to compete on that stage
Yo GNM in da house
Guardians literally have 4 closers in the pen this year. Big difference from a year ago.
"K'd Smith". Dude's nasty. The Guardians bullpen in general has been nasty. Now if only the team can figure out what is going on with our starters 😅.
Fair point … 😂
Tanner Bibee and Gavin Williams have electric stuff, and Ben Lively has come out of nowhere and been rock solid! They are 1 solid starter away from a deep OCT playoff run. They need to add Jack Flaherty by the deadline!!!
they can figure it out. by doing what they usually do to upgrade when they need to the most... absolutely nothing
Never thought I’d see a cede smith video. He’s been great for us. Sweet video
Gotta show him some love!
having smith, gaddis, and clase is a embarrassment of riches for cleveland
They have 3 other guys who are really good to. They have legitimately 6 or 7 above average relievers. With 3 being elite.
@@Justin-pq3rq definitely. herrin has been phenomenal too, barlow has been more than serviceable, as has sandlin.
Also have Eli Morgan and Sam Hentges injured who have been great in the past
Don’t forget sandlin
And to think most fans didn’t even want Gaddis on this roster when spring training ended now look at him he’s a lockdown reliever
His LOCATION is impeccable. He dots the corners all the time. And he hits 97, 98 all the time. I’m surprised his Avg isn’t higher than 96.
Cade smith is now hitting 98mph regularly. Dudes a beast.
Great watch. Appreciate you taking the time.
Absolutely incredible video man. Huge CLE fan here. Definitely following for more MLB vids.
Thanks!!
I've never in my life seen an incredibly dominant pen like Clevelands this season! Clase ERA is 0.72!! Hunter Gaddis 1.14 the Cade Smith, unhittable.
My freind was the host family in the cape for adin major he’s a great guy who is a hard worker and understands pitching well love his fastball and breaking balls
Love to hear it 👍
Cade Smith
The SPL is an unbelievable pitch
K'd Smith
@@benjaminmorton4958derrrrp. but that was good though....
Love this channel and analysis! Lance is one of the best to do this, and the way he explains things really helps the average baseball fan really understand and learn more about the game. Such amazing work!
Thanks for watching!
This is an awesome video man, good stuff
Thanks!
When he’s on he’s so fun to watch pitch
Phenomenal video. You deserve more subscribers. Will definitely be watching future videos
Appreciate it 🫡
great video, thanks
favorite channel on the platform
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awesome video -- subscribed
Thanks! More to come
Lance I have a question: does stuff+ like vertical and horizontal differences in movement of every secondary pitch compared to fastball, or just certain pitches? Thank you
Good q - so it depends on the model’s features. It’s my understanding that most of the public models have some element of this (Eno’s on FanGraphs for example). But I also don’t believe it’s an impactful feature in the model, as in, it doesn’t matter more in terms of predictiveness than velocity, vert / hrz independent of fastball, etc
It’s a good debate because we’ve seen some teams change pitches that stay the same in grade that then perform better. And the explanation as to why it performs better is likely connected to command or how the pitch looks / plays off the fastball (those are both connected to some extent I would bet).
Taj Bradley for example, has a similar Stuff+ slider compared to last year and yet it’s much better than last year, I would guess, because of how he can command it or how it plays off the fastball
Thanks so much Lance!
Sweeper god and USF legend Orion Kerkering* 🤘🐂
My dads favorite player calls him smitty
Cade smivvvvvv!!!
I love Cade smith, but Hunter Gaddis is my favorite of the non closers, that being said neither of them sniff Emmanuel Clase
Clase’s cutter will always be a unicorn pitch 👍
Clase’s cutter will always be a unicorn pitch 👍
Best pen I've ever seen , and I'm 53 years old. EPIC ERA's
6:50 the goat with around 7 feet of extension and 5,2 release height with average vert break (also look at tanner scotts fastball even crazier)
Chapman will always be an outlier in a variety of ways 👍
@@LanceBroz I mean the Tennessee goat Ben Joyce 🗣️(I was in last video comment section yapping about Ben love the content too)
Michael kopech
He just made the Phillies look like little league players tonight. Struck out 5 in a inning and a half 😂
What's the thinking behind not using MLB balls until AAA? Is it simply a resource thing?
My assumption is that it’s cost based, yes
@@LanceBroz love that you reply to so many comments, man. See you on tv, hear you on podcasts, and on here...grinding!!
I cannot imagine why they would turn him into a starter.
Upside, risk it for the biscuit
Do u work in a Front office?
I don’t, wouldn’t be able to post stuff like this if I did haha
K’d my goat
Better than the 90 REDS NASTY BOYS .....
If the guardians didn't have the bullpen they have, they would barely be a .500 team.
Will we ever see a bounce back to a lot more 4sfb usage?
Always a chance. I would think it’s unlikely because of how games are structured with relievers taking a larger % of innings, and they generally throw less 4S. So league wide that would need to shift back.
There’d need to be some strike-throwing incentive or SP invective. Then we might see it kick back up.