a nice place to start is MLB-wide benchmarks. the average IMD for four-seamers is -3.7"—so while 0" is probably very bad, -3" may be nothing to write home about
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a nice place to start is MLB-wide benchmarks. the average IMD for four-seamers is -3.7"—so while 0" is probably very bad, -3" may be nothing to write home about
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the physical space in the top of (and above) the zone where fastballs accrue whiffs is smaller than the bottom (and below) where offspeed/breaking accrue whiffs—so IMDs for FFs tend to be smaller
the physical space in the top of (and above) the zone where fastballs accrue whiffs is smaller than the bottom (and below) where offspeed/breaking accrue whiffs—so IMDs for FFs tend to be smaller
here it is if i had done it correctly the first time
here it is if i had done it correctly the first time