Checking In On the Mariners’ New Health and Wellness Program June 27, 2018August 9, 2018 Heather Article, News In a quiet offseason (by Jerry Dipoto’s standards, anyway) Dr. Lorena Martin was one of the Mariners’ biggest acquisitions—in terms of splash, at least. Hired to coordinate off-field efforts to maximize performance, it hasn’t been particularly clear what sorts of effects she has had on the team’s training or preparation. This is by design, of […] Continue reading
Nolan Ryan’s 1974 June 17, 2018June 18, 2018 Heather Article, Research, Will Carroll Thirteen innings. Nineteen strikeouts. Ten walks. Nolan Ryan’s outing on June 14th of 1974 was a stunner, especially given the pitch counts of modern baseball, but even in 1974, it was an extreme outlier. Pitchers simply did not go 200 pitches, even in the “single pitcher” era when complete games were the rule rather than […] Continue reading
Upcoming motusThrow Update Brings Big Changes Ahead of 2018 Season January 25, 2018March 6, 2018 Heather Press Release January 25, 2018 – Motus Global is bringing big changes to its motusTHROW app ahead of the 2018 season. The free update will be available on the App Store just in time for Spring Training. The update to the app will work with current motusTHROW sensors, giving new functionality and improving the ability for pitchers, coaches, and parents […] Continue reading
The Origins of Velocity, Part I October 18, 2017 Heather Article, Will Carroll There’s no question that velocity has increased in Major League Baseball and at the levels leading up to it. However, there’s really been no explanation of how this happened. Using the data we have at Motus and with some key assistance from Motus’ Mike Lambiaso, I’ve tried to figure out if there’s any clear answer […] Continue reading
Recharging the Pitching Schedule October 12, 2017 Heather Article, Research I spent most of a morning digging through data, looking at both the kind of data we can get with the motusTHROW and velocity logs from both this season and some notes I took from a research project I did back at Baseball Prospectus in 2004. While this is hardly definitive, I believe that it’s […] Continue reading