When the Brewers signed Jose Veras in 2012 (just a few years into my young interest in the sport), I quickly decided his curveball was one of the nastiest pitches from a Brewer that I had ever seen. I’ll admit it felt a bit silly, because despite the pitch’s extreme bite, Veras wasn’t a particularly successful reliever. At the time I didn’t know anything about analyzing individual pitches, so I stuck to the eye test. I’ve since (with the help of Brooks Baseball) discovered that the pitch was incredibly successful over the course of Veras’ career, holding hitters to an excellent .
Identifying the best pitch among the Brewers relievers
