MLBAM Get's Super Fancy

Those of you have been reading the blog for a little while are probably somewhat familiar with MLBAM's pitch/fx system. It's what we, and serveral other's, have been using to get better insight into the art that is pitching. We've pretty much just used to try and explain Roy's abberationally high HR/FB rate most recently, but there is an absolutely gold mind of insight and analysis that is emanating from this data. Most Astros fans should now be familiar with it because JD and Brownie have been looking at close calls on "Pitch Tracker" (which is just a pared down version of the full pitch/fx data) all season long.

While at school, Evan and I were forced to watch several games on MLB's Gameday application, which aside from the lag, was a great way to keep up with the game "live". I sometimes keep Gameday open just to "see" the pitches better while I watch it on TV and to that effect, I was thrilled to see this announcement. Gameday now offers full 3-D modeling of each and every pitch. If you've every wondered just how filthy a Johan Santana change-up, you can easily see that now, from any angle you desire. It looks pretty awesome and I'm looking forward to playing around with it during tonight's rubber game.

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