With the advent of Pitch F/x and the di semination of velocity and pitch type data into the public
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salomon Speedcross 3 Men against Venezuela. That wasnt his only taste of succe s since visiting the large leagues, hes posted a 1.81 BB/9 and a 9.07 K/9, that have resulted in a sparkly 2.01 ERA. Hes been one of the reasons the Brewers bullpen continues to be holding leads all year. But how he does it is beyond me. Heres a Pitch F/x chart of what he throws inside a normal game. Theres 29 blobs in there representing pitches from DiFelice for the reason that specific game (May 10th in comparison to the Cubs). Pitch F/x labeled many of them sliders, although it known as a few others change-ups, but actually, its just a cut fastball thrown so slowly that the algorithm doesnt recognize it as such. If you need to see the pitch, theres a .gif at Driveline Mechanics. Thats his arsenal. An 80-84 MPH cut fastball. Thats it. He throws that pitch, and that pitch only, 99% of the time. He also has thrown this loopy 72 MPH curveball a couple of times this year, but practically every pitch he throws, in each and every game, is this low-80s fastball with
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