After a long baseball season, there is nothing better than playing around with numerous stats to see what sticks. Usually I’ll find the expected names at the top of my searches, and sometimes a few surprising players pop up, forcing me to keep a close eye on for next season.
With a robust starting pitching market available this offseason, I wanted to see what pitches hitters are struggling against the most, how the Yankees compare to these results, and what free agent starters best fit this paradigm.
The narrative around the Yankees’ organization has been that they want their starting pitchers to throw fewer fastballs, in effect incorporating breaking and offspeed pitches more often.