The Search for Baseball's Most Unpredictable Pitches & Pitchers

From Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball The Athletic

Eno, Trevor and DVR discuss Matt Chapman's six-year extension with the Giants, a combined no-hitter for the Cubs, who are clinging to slim playoff hopes with three-and-a-half weeks remaining in the regular season. Plus, they discuss baseball's replay system with *10* years now on the ledger and wonder how things might improve in the next 10 years, and they begin a quest to find baseball's most unpredictable (and predictable) pitchers and pitches.

Rundown

1:13 Matt Chapman Signs a Six-Year Extension with the Giants

9:04 What's Next for the Giants In Their Push to Return to the Playoffs?

14:55 A Combined No-Hitter From the Cubs

20:26 Baseball's Replay System Turns 10

27:38 We're Ready for the Ball & Strike Call Challenges

34:30 Quantifying a Pitcher's Predictability

Related reading 'The Search for the Most Predictable Pitcher' by Kiri Oler of FanGraphs: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-search-for-the-most-predictable-pitcher/

40:52 The Surprising Profile of Josh Hader's Fastball

46:07 The Relationship Between Low Release Points & High iVB

52:13 Trevor Finds the Root Cause of David Bednar's Struggles

59:49 Camilo Doval's Running Cutter and a Rare Instance of 'Weird' Not Being Good