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	<title>Comments on: Heart and Eyes vs. Brain: The Joe Biagini Starter Warning</title>
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		<title>By: Cole Nefsky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Nefsky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2017 16:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Chuck,
Sorry to take so long to get back to you.
Blending isn&#039;t the sole attribute that is important for a starting pitcher or the success of his off-speed stuff, but it certainly does help enough to matter. If you take a four or five starter, he could move a couple spots up in the rotation with better blending alone. If you take someone with good stuff and you add it, then they can move up faster than others. 
Specifically about sequencing: 
When you blend well, then you could probably assume that certain sequences would be more effective than other sequences because of the similarities of the pitches out of the hand, but I am also guessing that when your stuff doesn&#039;t blend well, your goal would probably to cause confusion. So, like with Hill 50% curve balls makes sense because he wants the batter unsure of what is coming, not so much swinging at the wrong pitch. So with Biagini, I don&#039;t think it would be anything with sequencing because his stuff doesn&#039;t blend enough for classical sequencing to work.
Thanks for the question.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Chuck,<br />
Sorry to take so long to get back to you.<br />
Blending isn&#8217;t the sole attribute that is important for a starting pitcher or the success of his off-speed stuff, but it certainly does help enough to matter. If you take a four or five starter, he could move a couple spots up in the rotation with better blending alone. If you take someone with good stuff and you add it, then they can move up faster than others.<br />
Specifically about sequencing:<br />
When you blend well, then you could probably assume that certain sequences would be more effective than other sequences because of the similarities of the pitches out of the hand, but I am also guessing that when your stuff doesn&#8217;t blend well, your goal would probably to cause confusion. So, like with Hill 50% curve balls makes sense because he wants the batter unsure of what is coming, not so much swinging at the wrong pitch. So with Biagini, I don&#8217;t think it would be anything with sequencing because his stuff doesn&#8217;t blend enough for classical sequencing to work.<br />
Thanks for the question.</p>
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		<title>By: Chuck</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chuck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 19:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cole,
This is a great read, really enjoyed how you broke down the issues. His usage of his secondary pitches seems to fluctuate from start to start too.

One question I would have is how encompassing blending is as an attribute of successful off speed stuff, even if the pitch is a rarity or a mainstay. Is it possible that a part of it is that Biagini is sequencing his pitches effectively?
A movement chart for comparison:
2015-mid2016 Jake Arrieta: https://goo.gl/U394Ye
2017 Joe Biagini: https://goo.gl/y7qZgP]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cole,<br />
This is a great read, really enjoyed how you broke down the issues. His usage of his secondary pitches seems to fluctuate from start to start too.</p>
<p>One question I would have is how encompassing blending is as an attribute of successful off speed stuff, even if the pitch is a rarity or a mainstay. Is it possible that a part of it is that Biagini is sequencing his pitches effectively?<br />
A movement chart for comparison:<br />
2015-mid2016 Jake Arrieta: <a href="https://goo.gl/U394Ye" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/U394Ye</a><br />
2017 Joe Biagini: <a href="https://goo.gl/y7qZgP" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/y7qZgP</a></p>
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		<title>By: Cole Nefsky</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Nefsky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 12:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason that pitchers get stretched out is more about preventing injury or learning how to keep gas in the tank as the game goes on. So you might expect that the fall of Biagini&#039;s velo over the course of a game might not behave like that, but you would expect it to be lower than his current first inning velocity.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reason that pitchers get stretched out is more about preventing injury or learning how to keep gas in the tank as the game goes on. So you might expect that the fall of Biagini&#8217;s velo over the course of a game might not behave like that, but you would expect it to be lower than his current first inning velocity.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 10:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn&#039;t you expect a guy who isn&#039;t stretched out to see his velocity drop as the game goes on? That&#039;s why he isn&#039;t going deep into games yet or having high pitch counts. If he&#039;s still doing that once he&#039;s stretched out, then that would be more meaningful.

It would be interesting to see this if he&#039;s in the rotation for a longer period of time.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wouldn&#8217;t you expect a guy who isn&#8217;t stretched out to see his velocity drop as the game goes on? That&#8217;s why he isn&#8217;t going deep into games yet or having high pitch counts. If he&#8217;s still doing that once he&#8217;s stretched out, then that would be more meaningful.</p>
<p>It would be interesting to see this if he&#8217;s in the rotation for a longer period of time.</p>
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