r/baseball • u/[deleted] • Mar 04 '16

Feature I am Kyle Boddy - baseball scout/player development consultant to 4 MLB teams, trainer to 50+ pro pitchers, sabermetrics defender, and owner of a biomechanics lab and training center near Seattle, WA. AMA round 3!

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u/jeffyates Mar 04 '16

Best case scenario, what can you do with spin rate data and training?

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u/mdterps81 Mar 04 '16

Didn't Wes Johnson do a study on this? Basically finding the higher the spin rate (kershaw) are most effective up in the zone because of perceived velocity and lower spin rate guys should work down in the zone because of more sink. I'm sure kyle knows way better than me but that's my brief understanding of it.