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Omir Santos' Short-Swing Quantified

by Sam Page on Sep 17, 2009 2:00 AM EDT

In honor of another successful pinch-hit short-swing homer and BtB new DiamondView graphs, I present the short swing quantified, with Fangraphs' linear-weight pitch-type run values:

Wow, he really hits those fastballs!

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This is actually really neat

This smacks of career minor leaguer. He can hit the fastball and the cutter a bit, can’t touch the breaking stuff.

by Eric Simon on Sep 17, 2009 9:31 AM EDT reply actions

I'm confused

Isn’t the point of having a short swing so that you can hold back and make contact with breaking pitches?

by JoshNY on Sep 17, 2009 11:17 AM EDT reply actions

I think it’s so that you don’t get beat by inside fastballs. While the total bat speed on contact isn’t as high, the overall rotation time to contact is shorter.

by TheBigStapler on Sep 17, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I know I'm the last non-visual person in the world...

Clicking through, the explanations make perfect sense but the graph is not intuitive at all.

I recognize I’m having a “I hate graphs” morning, so this isn’t about you Eric, but when a graph doesn’t relay complex information more intuitively than text or a table what’s the point?

"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin

by dcrockett17 on Sep 17, 2009 11:56 AM EDT reply actions

Yea, Eric, what the heck?

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Sep 17, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I think you mean "fuck the heck?"

by JoshNY on Sep 17, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I know

I’m such a stooge with these things!

by Eric Simon on Sep 17, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions

P.S.

Eric didn’t write this post. Read the byline.

by Eric Simon on Sep 17, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions

P.P.S.

I still like it.

by Eric Simon on Sep 17, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions

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