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Taylor Jungmann and Diminishing Marginal Utility

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by Eno Sarris - August 25, 2015

When faced with batters on base, Milwaukee Brewers righty Taylor Jungmann goes to his sinker more and throws lower in the zone. He hasn’t given up a home run on the sinker, and the pitch produces ground balls nearly three-quarters of the time. So why doesn’t Jungmann go to the sinker more often?

“What makes the sinker better is that I don’t throw it as much,” Jungmann told me before a game against Oakland. “It makes it that much more effective because they aren’t looking for it.