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  2. 2021 pitch doctoring controversy - Wikipedia

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    The 2021 pitch doctoring controversy arose in Major League Baseball (MLB) around pitchers' use of foreign substances, such as the resin-based Spider Tack, to improve their grip on the baseball and the spin rate on their pitches. On June 15, 2021, MLB announced a new policy whereby any player caught using foreign substances on baseballs would ...

  3. Statcast - Wikipedia

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    Spin rate: Measures the rate of spin by revolutions per minute of the ball at the point of the release from the pitcher's hand. Hitting. Exit velocity: Velocity of the ball off the bat on batted balls. Launch angle: The vertical angle at which the ball leaves the bat on a batted ball.

  4. Four-seam fastball - Wikipedia

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    A major league pitcher throws a baseball with a spin of around 20 rotations per second (rps). With each rotation, a four-seam fastball presents four seams crossing the vision of the batter, producing a flicker rate of 80 Hz, which results in the batter not perceiving any features on the ball and having fewer visual cues than with the two-seamer ...

  5. Fantasy baseball: Spin rates dropping as MLB is watching - AOL

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    Since 1980, baseball and its terminology and advanced stats have evolved to a point that you need to know algebra and cryptography. The past week, the subject we are all studying is spin rate.

  6. Cole's strikeouts, spin rate down, Royals rally past Yanks

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    Cole's explosive fastball was missing and his spin rate dropped as he pitched for the first time since Major League Baseball’s crackdown on grip enhancers began. O'Hearn, a 27-year-old playing ...

  7. MLB cracks down on sticky substances even further after ...

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    Spin rates crept back up late last season. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us

  8. Gyroball - Wikipedia

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    Daisuke Matsuzaka: Familiar with the gyroball, Matsuzaka has stated that he can throw the gyroball, however cannot do so on a consistent basis.A careful computer analysis of Matsuzaka's pitches for the Boston Red Sox for the first half of the 2007 season by Dan Fox of Baseball Prospectus suggests that while Matsuzaka commands a dazzling array of pitches, the gyroball is more myth than reality.

  9. The Spin: Move over, starters — why relievers are becoming ...

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    Although Garrett fits a pattern I seek out every year — a fire-breathing reliever who comes out of nowhere early, usually identifiable through a killer K/BB rate; think Nick Anderson in 2019 ...