Value of Release Point Variation

[Frag]

Very interesting study done by Stoltz looking into how much release point variation (the ability to repeat a release point) can affect strike and walk rates.

 

The conclusions are probably obvious to some, but it's interesting to see what effect release point repeatability has on strike rate in numerical form.

[KingKat]

there’s also the matter of “control” versus “command.” the way most people differentiate the two terms is “control is throwing strikes; command is throwing quality strikes.”

but that’s neither a useful nor a sensible distinction. In this definition, “control” is differentiated from “command,” presumably, by the amount of “non-quality” strikes a pitcher throws. And yet, “control” is still treated as a vaguely positive term, as if throwing large amounts of non-quality strikes is a) a good thing and represents successful execution of the pitcher’s plan. Conversely, “command” involves throwing lots of quality strikes, the most common of which are presumably pitches on the edges of the strike zone. But pitchers universally believed to have good “command” do not always do this.

 

^^^this ^^^