Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Stults(L, 1-2) 4.0 5 3 2 1 2 1 3.38 Bruney 3.0 6 4 4 2 2 0 2.93 Jones, N 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.69 Totals 8.0 11 7 6 5 6 1 5.43
Pitch Statistics Pitch Type Avg Speed Max Speed Avg H-Break Avg V-Break Count Strikes / % Swinging Strikes / % Linear Weights Time to Plate FF (FourSeam Fastball) 96.50 97.4 -8.63 8.94 12 4 / 33.33% 0 / 0.00% 0.3342 0.387 CH (Changeup) 84.04 85.2 -6.43 7.30 7 5 / 71.43% 2 / 28.57% -0.6245 0.443 SL (Slider) 86.05 88.1 -0.05 1.42 6 2 / 33.33% 0 / 0.00% 0.0595 0.433 Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm and may be inaccurate. Pitch Type LWTS correspond to how many runs were likely to score on a particular pitch based on average run expectancy when each pitch was thrown and what happened as a result. Negative scores indicate more effective pitches. Time to Plate is the time, in seconds, that it takes an average pitch of this type to reach the plate. This is strongly correlated with velocity, but also factors in movement.
Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals Inning Pitches in Inning Strikes in Inning Strike% in Inning Cumulative Total Pitches Pitch LWTS in Inning 8 25 11 44.00 25 -0.231
UPDATE: BTW, Nate Jones was working on his changeup yesterday:
Jones added a cutter/slider to his repertoire last season and has worked on his changeup over the past six weeks. He showed that change during his one inning of work Friday against the Royals, bouncing back from walking the first two hitters he faced to pitch a scoreless inning
And here are Kenny Williams’ comments on Nate Jones making the Sox 25-man (Active) roster:
On Nate Jones seemingly coming out of nowhere:
It’s not out of nowhere for us. When you throw 97-100 and you’ve got a hard curve ball, and I think you guys finally saw the change-up last night, which we developed when he started a couple years ago. Last night, I think he was 98-99 and the change-up was around the 86 range and had some sink and fade to it, along with the curveball, it just makes everything better. I think he got in trouble early in spring cause when you’re just sitting on two pitches, guys could guess. When you put another thought in their mind, you’ve got something to work with. I’ve been impressed with his aggressiveness. He was a little geeked up last night, trying to make that last impression and walked the first couple guys. But then he really settled down and got in the swing of things.
