Foul balls are typically a successful result for a pitcher. In a no-strike or one-strike count, they are as good as a whiff or a called strike. In a two-strike situation, of course, they are generally useless, but they do little harm, keeping the count the same. Yet foul balls are difficult to credit: does a pitcher deserve lauding for earning a bit of poor contact, or skepticism for failing to miss the bat entirely? For Logan Gilbert, and Logan Gilbert’s four-seam fastball in particular, the answer to that question may be an important one, or it could be something he could improve enough to avoid altogether.
Identifying and improving Logan Gilbert’s incredibly obvious weapon
