Betancourt Pitch f/x Analysis
I wanted to see if Betancourt's struggles this season were because of any changes in his mechanics, so I pulled up his info from Josh Kalk's website to find out. I also looked for any changes in his pitch selection, velocity, and K/BB rates.
I think the fact that Betancourt's using his fastball less and trying to use more secondary pitches is kind of screwing him up. His slider has lost a lot of it's bite from last season, yet he's using it more often. His fastball velocity has held steady, but there isn't as much vertical movement on it. I was surprised to see his arm slot is pretty much the same though.
I think he may also be working around some back issues (hadn't heard that until recently) which have caused him to change his delivery some. It's almost as if he's fighting against a learning curve in making these adjustments, hence the poor outings this season.
I was curious what you guys thought of the Pitch f/x part. This is the first time I've used any of it in depth, so if you notice any errors of poor interpretations, I'd certainly be open to feedback there.
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Pronk33
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Betancourt has battled some back issues and tweaked his mechanical delivery a bit. The change in command has included Betancourt not relying completely on his fastball, which has historically been both his predominant and dominant pitch.
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is probably the problem. There is definitely a difference in delivery from this year to last year as you noted. Its pretty damn crazy how injury ridden this year’s Indians have been, and there have been some questionable management of these injured players as well that has not worked out well at all.
by hans on Jul 25, 2008 1:10 PM EDT 0 recs
I agree, everything seems to be lined up with Raffy’s back issues. I’m not sure, but does it take less effort to throw a slider or changeup compared to a fastball? If so, that would make even more sense as to why the coaching staff encouraged him to further develop his secondary pitches because he was doing just fine without them in previous seasons.
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Jul 25, 2008 3:22 PM EDT
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