While studying Dereck Rodríguez’s numbers in an attempt to better understand his success, I came upon this very unusual set of numbers:
Bryan, you idiot troll monster, what the hell is this referring to?
That is top 5 teams in MLB sorted by curveball spin rate. As you can see, the Giants have thrown 1,410 curveballs (according to StatCast), and average 2,619 revolutions per minute on the pitch as a team.
A pitcher’s Spin Rate represents the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released.