Dice-K starts tonight in Seattle vs Miguel Batista. I have updated his pitch types.
After using a K-Means cluster, which I set at 6 pitches, here is the new pitch cluster. I believe this better represents his arsenal than the previous charts.
4FB=Blue
2FB=Purple
Cutter=Red
Slider=Light Green
Curve=Green
Changeup=Orange
Please note I believe the Blue and Purple are all one fastball. The algorithm assigned them as two separate pitches, but I'm not so sure. I would have expected there to be much more changeups/splitters, but that is all there is. Fangraphs lists Matsuzaka with throwing changeups or splitters for around 10 percent of his pitches. Josh Kalk's player card agrees with what I have for the amount of pitches thrown in that cluster: http://baseball.bornbybits.com/2008/Daisuke_Matsuzaka.html
Anyone have any other suggestions for trying to pin down what exactly he throws? Most scouting reports seem to vary on pitch type for him.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Dice-K Pitch Cluster Update
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