Imagine you’re at home plate, your bat lifted behind your shoulder. You eye the pitcher as he sets up, carefully paying attention to not just the sights that play into the...
This offseason, free agent relief pitcher Craig Breslow paired his analytical nature with some-cutting edge technology to try and breathe new life into his fading major league career. Rapsodo Baseball is a portable high-speed camera system that uses radar data to quantify the trajectory of a baseball as it leaves a pitcher’s hand. Beyond ball […]
Rich Hill rejoice, there’s a world where pitch counts don’t exist, and neither do blisters. But there’s a catch, this world is virtual. New York-based virtual reality company TrinityVR, thinks that its DiamondFX VR platform has what it takes to create “the next generation of Moneyball.” DiamondFX debuted at this year’s MLB Winter Meetings near […]
A few years back, the video above (highly recommended to wear the appropriate glasses while watching it) was produced by the The New York Times, entitled as “How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters”. This 3D iteration accompanied a story on Rivera’s successful signature cutter. This rendering demonstrates the acute similarities between his fastball and cutter that […]
After an exciting baseball postseason that saw the San Francisco Giants pick up yet another World Series victory, we’re now into Major League Baseball’s offseason. With quite a few months to go before Spring Training starts up, teams are already gearing up for the challenges they’ll be facing next season. It’s no exception that statistics […]
