Thank God for Baseball Savant. If it weren’t for that marvelous website, I don’t know how I’d be coming up with new stuff for these Rockpiles when MLB is in a total stoppage. Thanks to Savant, however, we have new stuff, and this week we’re going to be taking a look at release points, one of the most important unsung heroes behind almost every great pitcher. Major League hitters are great at picking up on small mechanical differences that let them know when a different pitch is coming, and this is magnified now in the age of advanced video scouting and, uh, cheating, so it’s very important for pitchers to be consistent with their release points.
Looking at pitcher release points
