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They made him an offer he couldn’t refuse

The Wizard — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:00:57 +0000

Why did Jeff Keppinger sign with the White Sox? “They came at me with a deal that I couldn’t refuse." cmcst.sn/aabyVQ—
Chuck Garfien (@ChuckGarfien) February 13, 2013

Also,

Chris Sale fires back at his critics. Story. bit.ly/12GjsjN—
Chuck Garfien (@ChuckGarfien) February 14, 2013

Courtney Hawkins ETA: 2015

The Wizard — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:00:53 +0000

From Baseball Instinct’s ‘Chicago White Sox 2013 Top 21 Prospects List’:

1. Courtney Hawkins, OF 11/12/1993 H: 6’3” W: 220 - Hawkins is a power prospect with a solid frame and potential plus power.We got the chance to see Hawkins at the WWBA in 2011 and he made enough of an impact to be ranked at our #16 spot pre draft. He’s got a shorter development path than most HS draftees and should start the 2013 season in High-A. With his power comes the obvious high K rate, but he makes hard contact and uses the whole field, so some development time should allow him to pick better pitches and bring his bb rate closer to his K rate. Here’s our take pre draft:

Our Instinct - Hawkins bat is ready for the move to the pro stage. He’s not a power only hitter, willing to take a walk and work the count. With instruction he’ll be able to further employ his game power in better hitters counts. He makes consistent hard contact and uses the whole field with plus plus power to the pull side. He has the arm to stick in the more premium RF corner. But CF won’t be a play for him in pro ball. ETA: 2015.

2012 by the numbers: .284/.324/.480, 26 XBH(8 HR), 11 SB, .345 BABIP, 56/11 K/BB ratio in 229 ab’s between Rookie-A and Low-A, with a brief stop at High-A. 2012 1st round draft pick, 13th overall.

Check out the rest of the prospects at the link.

Chris Sale has his shortest start of the year

The Wizard — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 03:00:10 +0000

Rays @ Sox:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(L, 17-8) 3.1 7 5 5 3 7 1 3.05

Omogrosso 1.2 2 0 0 1 3 0 2.66

Heath 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4.50

Axelrod 1.2 2 3 2 3 3 1 5.47

Septimo 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 6.00

Marinez 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

Totals 9.0 13 10 9 8 16 4 4.07

Axelrod pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

Pitches-strikes: Sale 82-45, Omogrosso 28-15, Heath 11-4, Axelrod 51-26, Septimo 14-9, Marinez 9-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 0-1, Omogrosso 0-0, Heath 0-1, Axelrod 3-0, Septimo 0-1, Marinez 1-0.
Batters faced: Sale 20, Omogrosso 6, Heath 3, Axelrod 11, Septimo 4, Marinez 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Omogrosso 2-1, Axelrod 1-0, Septimo 2-2.

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sale(L, 17-8)	3.1	7	5	5	3	7	1	3.05
Omogrosso	1.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	2.66
Heath	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	1	4.50
Axelrod	1.2	2	3	2	3	3	1	5.47
Septimo	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	6.00
Marinez	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	13	10	9	8	16	4	4.07

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.50	88.8	12.30	-2.96	2	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.0737
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	92.98	93.4	8.46	-1.02	4	2 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 50.00%	0.0781
CH (Changeup)	83.15	87.4	12.19	-1.98	28	14 / 50.00%	5 / 17.86%	12 / 46.15%	0.5304
SL (Slider)	76.66	88.3	-7.88	-7.03	28	18 / 64.29%	5 / 17.86%	15 / 60.00%	-0.1832
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	91.88	94.4	9.49	1.84	20	11 / 55.00%	0 / 0.00%	6 / 40.00%	2.3342
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	17	10	58.82	17	0.134
2	21	12	57.14	38	-0.063
3	26	13	50.00	64	1.741
4	18	10	55.56	82	1.020

Here’s how today’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41
20 (8/12)	6.2	114-79	26	5/2	6/2	11/0	19	52-35-6	92.50	4-3-1	92.55	26-17-6	78.30	30-24-6	82.77
21 (8/17)	6.2	117-70	32	8/2	9/2	5/4	11	51-32-1	92.63	7-4-1	94.29	24-17-6	79.10	24-17-3	82.62
22 (8/22)	7.2	109-70	27	3/4	3/1	13/1	14	43-33-5	93.05	12-6-1	92.88	29-17-6	78.46	23-14-2	83.25
23 (8/28)	4.0	76-46	19	4/0	6/1	5/3	9	31-21-4	91.49	-	-	15-8-2	77.35	25-15-3	84.23
24 (9/2)	6.0	106-61	26	5/2	5/2	7/4	15	33-19-2	91.68	8-3-1	92.09	44-27-9	77.64	21-12-3	82.30
25 (9/8)	6.0	101-63	23	7/3	5/0	6/1	9	34-21-2	91.72	3-2-0	92.40	24-13-3	77.40	37-25-4	83.61
26 (9/14)	6.0	99-65	22	6/3	3/0	5/0	7	39-27-1	92.06	-	-	19-10-2	76.57	37-24-2	82.98
27 (9/19)	6.2	113-71	30	6/4	8/0	8/2	13	28-18-3	91.50	16-7-0	91.99	39-26-8	75.87	24-18-2	84.61
28 (9/24)	7.0	118-79	30	10/3	10/1	4/2	9	59-43-6	91.85	2-1-0	92.60	32-20-2	76.41	21-12-1	83.19
29 (9/29)	3.1	82-45	20	0/1	7/1	7/3	10	20-11-0	91.88	4-2-0	92.98	28-18-5	76.66	28-14-5	83.15

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched yesterday (Brian Omogrosso, Deunte Heath, Dylan Axelrod, Leyson Septimo, Jhan Marinez) inside:

Brian Omogrosso:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	91.71	94.6	-5.70	5.26	18	10 / 55.56%	2 / 11.11%	8 / 50.00%	1.0429
SL (Slider)	77.50	77.8	9.86	-3.15	2	2 / 100.00%	1 / 50.00%	2 / 100.00%	-0.3208
CU (Curveball)	78.53	80.4	9.06	-7.63	7	3 / 42.86%	3 / 42.86%	3 / 42.86%	-0.3232
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
4	7	4	57.14	7	0.169
5	20	11	55.00	27	0.230

Deunte Heath:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	93.25	95	-7.45	7.67	10	4 / 40.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 25.00%	1.3037
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	91.60	91.6	-4.58	7.65	1	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.1785
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
6	11	4	36.36	11	1.482

Dylan Axelrod:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
CH (Changeup)	82.31	83.8	-8.63	0.84	7	5 / 71.43%	2 / 28.57%	4 / 66.67%	0.4162
SL (Slider)	81.64	82.8	1.56	-3.11	16	8 / 50.00%	1 / 6.25%	7 / 46.67%	-0.3542
CU (Curveball)	75.60	77.2	0.96	-6.36	7	2 / 28.57%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 16.67%	0.7557
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	88.64	90.5	-9.30	2.42	21	11 / 52.38%	1 / 4.76%	9 / 47.37%	1.1579
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
6	16	7	43.75	16	-0.254
7	29	17	58.62	45	1.396
8	6	2	33.33	51	0.834

Leyson Septimo:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	93.49	94	7.65	4.58	7	6 / 85.71%	1 / 14.29%	4 / 80.00%	0.7985
SL (Slider)	78.46	79.7	-6.50	-4.75	7	3 / 42.86%	0 / 0.00%	3 / 42.86%	-0.2166
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	14	9	64.29	14	0.582

Jhan Marinez:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	95.35	97.3	-7.80	5.57	4	3 / 75.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 50.00%	-0.4934
SL (Slider)	86.00	86.7	0.77	-5.02	3	3 / 100.00%	1 / 33.33%	3 / 100.00%	-0.2492
CU (Curveball)	84.60	84.6	-1.42	-8.39	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.0624
FC (Cutter)	96.60	96.6	-4.31	2.40	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.0431
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
9	9	8	88.89	9	-0.848

Chris Sale throws 118 pitches in 7 innings

The Wizard — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:30:54 +0000

Indians @ Sox:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale 7.0 10 3 3 2 4 1 2.86

Myers(W, 3-7) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.38

Thornton(H, 26) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.32

Veal(S, 1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.75

Totals 9.0 13 4 4 3 5 1 4.05

Pitches-strikes: Sale 118-79, Myers 15-7, Thornton 9-7, Veal 7-5.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 10-3, Myers 0-0, Thornton 1-0, Veal 1-0.
Batters faced: Sale 30, Myers 3, Thornton 3, Veal 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Veal 1-1.

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sale	7.0	10	3	3	2	4	1	2.86
Myers(W, 3-7)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.38
Thornton(H, 26)	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.32
Veal(S, 1)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.75
Totals	9.0	13	4	4	3	5	1	4.05

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.28	88.7	10.77	-0.38	4	3 / 75.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 66.67%	0.4921
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	92.60	94.1	8.00	0.74	2	1 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	-0.2483
CH (Changeup)	83.19	87.4	13.07	-1.64	21	12 / 57.14%	1 / 4.76%	5 / 35.71%	-1.8202
SL (Slider)	76.41	80.1	-6.06	-5.50	32	20 / 62.50%	2 / 6.25%	15 / 55.56%	1.6495
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	91.85	95.3	10.66	2.50	59	43 / 72.88%	6 / 10.17%	33 / 67.35%	2.2112
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	26	15	57.69	26	0.283
2	9	8	88.89	35	-0.072
3	21	13	61.90	56	0.810
4	12	7	58.33	68	-0.561
5	18	11	61.11	86	-0.062
6	18	14	77.78	104	1.905
7	14	11	78.57	118	-0.019

Sale threw a lot of pitches (118), a lot of whom were two-seam fastballs (59). And as we’ll see below, the numbers of sliders were down.

Here’s how tonight’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41
20 (8/12)	6.2	114-79	26	5/2	6/2	11/0	19	52-35-6	92.50	4-3-1	92.55	26-17-6	78.30	30-24-6	82.77
21 (8/17)	6.2	117-70	32	8/2	9/2	5/4	11	51-32-1	92.63	7-4-1	94.29	24-17-6	79.10	24-17-3	82.62
22 (8/22)	7.2	109-70	27	3/4	3/1	13/1	14	43-33-5	93.05	12-6-1	92.88	29-17-6	78.46	23-14-2	83.25
23 (8/28)	4.0	76-46	19	4/0	6/1	5/3	9	31-21-4	91.49	-	-	15-8-2	77.35	25-15-3	84.23
24 (9/2)	6.0	106-61	26	5/2	5/2	7/4	15	33-19-2	91.68	8-3-1	92.09	44-27-9	77.64	21-12-3	82.30
25 (9/8)	6.0	101-63	23	7/3	5/0	6/1	9	34-21-2	91.72	3-2-0	92.40	24-13-3	77.40	37-25-4	83.61
26 (9/14)	6.0	99-65	22	6/3	3/0	5/0	7	39-27-1	92.06	-	-	19-10-2	76.57	37-24-2	82.98
27 (9/19)	6.2	113-71	30	6/4	8/0	8/2	13	28-18-3	91.50	16-7-0	91.99	39-26-8	75.87	24-18-2	84.61
28 (9/24)	7.0	118-79	30	10/3	10/1	4/2	9	59-43-6	91.85	2-1-0	92.60	32-20-2	76.41	21-12-1	83.19

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched tonight (Brett Myers, Matt Thornton, Donnie Veal) inside:

Brett Myers:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	91.30	92.6	-1.88	5.89	4	1 / 25.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 25.00%	0.2523
CH (Changeup)	84.00	84	-4.08	-1.80	1	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.0502
SL (Slider)	84.73	85.4	4.84	-1.10	6	4 / 66.67%	2 / 33.33%	3 / 60.00%	-0.5658
CU (Curveball)	75.90	76.3	9.38	-12.51	3	1 / 33.33%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 33.33%	0.0844
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	90.80	90.8	-5.91	1.82	1	1 / 100.00%	1 / 100.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.0753
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	15	7	46.67	15	-0.254

Matt Thornton:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.37	95.1	1.69	4.99	6	5 / 83.33%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 66.67%	0.2722
SL (Slider)	81.40	81.4	-0.59	-6.65	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.0431
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
9	7	6	85.71	7	0.229

Donnie Veal:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
CU (Curveball)	76.93	77.6	-2.52	-8.38	7	5 / 71.43%	1 / 14.29%	3 / 60.00%	0.5515
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
9	7	5	71.43	7	0.551

Chris Sale throws more sliders, less changeups

The Wizard — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:50:06 +0000

Sox @ Royals:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(L, 17-7) 6.2 8 3 3 2 8 0 2.82

Jones, N 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.61

Omogrosso 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.29

Veal 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.79

Totals 8.0 9 3 3 2 8 0 4.05

IBB: Escobar, A (by Sale).
Pitches-strikes: Sale 113-71, Jones, N 5-3, Omogrosso 9-7, Veal 3-2.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 6-4, Jones, N 1-0, Omogrosso 1-1, Veal 1-0.
Batters faced: Sale 30, Jones, N 1, Omogrosso 3, Veal 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Jones, N 1-0, Veal 1-0.

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sale(L, 17-7)	6.2	8	3	3	2	8	2.82
Jones, N	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2.61
Omogrosso	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	3.29
Veal	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.79
Totals	8.0	9	3	3	2	8	4.05

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.20	88.2	11.7	1.99	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.0624
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	91.99	94.6	7.58	6.45	16	7 / 43.75%	0 / 0.00%	6 / 40.00%	-0.0836
CH (Changeup)	84.61	87.6	11.42	2.65	24	18 / 75.00%	2 / 8.33%	11 / 64.71%	-0.0538
SL (Slider)	75.87	78.4	-8.00	-2.01	39	26 / 66.67%	8 / 20.51%	22 / 62.86%	-0.2124
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	91.50	95.6	9.74	6.01	28	18 / 64.29%	3 / 10.71%	10 / 50.00%	0.2218
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	18	14	77.78	18	0.335
2	15	10	66.67	33	-0.877
3	22	13	59.09	55	0.464
4	17	11	64.71	72	-0.004
5	9	6	66.67	81	-0.350
6	11	6	54.55	92	-0.848
7	16	10	62.50	108	1.089

Sale’s 2-seam fastball velocity was under 92mph again.

Here’s how tonight’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41
20 (8/12)	6.2	114-79	26	5/2	6/2	11/0	19	52-35-6	92.50	4-3-1	92.55	26-17-6	78.30	30-24-6	82.77
21 (8/17)	6.2	117-70	32	8/2	9/2	5/4	11	51-32-1	92.63	7-4-1	94.29	24-17-6	79.10	24-17-3	82.62
22 (8/22)	7.2	109-70	27	3/4	3/1	13/1	14	43-33-5	93.05	12-6-1	92.88	29-17-6	78.46	23-14-2	83.25
23 (8/28)	4.0	76-46	19	4/0	6/1	5/3	9	31-21-4	91.49	-	-	15-8-2	77.35	25-15-3	84.23
24 (9/2)	6.0	106-61	26	5/2	5/2	7/4	15	33-19-2	91.68	8-3-1	92.09	44-27-9	77.64	21-12-3	82.30
25 (9/8)	6.0	101-63	23	7/3	5/0	6/1	9	34-21-2	91.72	3-2-0	92.40	24-13-3	77.40	37-25-4	83.61
26 (9/14)	6.0	99-65	22	6/3	3/0	5/0	7	39-27-1	92.06	-	-	19-10-2	76.57	37-24-2	82.98
27 (9/19)	6.2	113-71	30	6/4	8/0	8/2	13	28-18-3	91.50	16-7-0	91.99	39-26-8	75.87	24-18-2	84.61

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched yesterday (Nate Jones, Brian Omogrosso, Donnie Veal) inside:

Nate Jones:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
SL (Slider)	89.80	89.8	0.48	1.54	1	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.0421
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	99.58	100.3	-8.22	9.44	4	3 / 75.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 66.67%	-0.3200
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
7	5	3	60.00	5	-0.278

Brian Omogrosso:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.06	95.7	-3.24	7.64	7	5 / 71.43%	0 / 0.00%	3 / 60.00%	0.2069
SL (Slider)	80.40	80.4	8.01	-3.21	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	0.0000
CU (Curveball)	73.10	73.1	8.88	-7.76	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	-0.2644
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	9	7	77.78	9	-0.057

Donnie Veal:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	90.90	90.9	5.34	7.51	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.0504
CU (Curveball)	78.00	78.4	-4.14	-4.49	2	1 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	-0.2275
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	3	2	66.67	3	-0.278

Chris Sale throws more changeups and less fastballs again

The Wizard — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:00:51 +0000

Sox @ Twins:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(W, 17-6) 6.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 2.78

Myers 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.58

Thornton 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.36

Totals 9.0 4 0 0 0 7 0 4.09

HBP: Mastroianni (by Sale).
Pitches-strikes: Sale 99-65, Myers 17-14, Thornton 17-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 6-3, Myers 1-1, Thornton 1-2.
Batters faced: Sale 22, Myers 6, Thornton 4.

Chi White Sox	IP	H	SO	ERA
Sale(W, 17-6)	6.0	3	5	2.78
Myers	2.0	0	2	3.58
Thornton	1.0	1	0	3.36
Totals	9.0	4	7	4.09

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.23	88.7	12.79	4.23	4	4 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.9592
CH (Changeup)	82.98	87.8	13.87	2.72	37	24 / 64.86%	4 / 10.81%	18 / 58.06%	-1.5125
SL (Slider)	76.57	80.9	-6.17	-2.76	19	10 / 52.63%	2 / 10.53%	9 / 50.00%	-0.7038
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	92.06	94.8	11.69	5.85	39	27 / 69.23%	1 / 2.56%	21 / 63.64%	-0.0578
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	17	11	64.71	17	-0.848
2	10	7	70.00	27	-0.848
3	20	13	65.00	47	-0.350
4	19	12	63.16	66	-0.335
5	17	11	64.71	83	-0.502
6	16	11	68.75	99	-0.350

Sale’s 2-seam fastball velocity climbed over 92mph.

Here’s how tonight’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41
20 (8/12)	6.2	114-79	26	5/2	6/2	11/0	19	52-35-6	92.50	4-3-1	92.55	26-17-6	78.30	30-24-6	82.77
21 (8/17)	6.2	117-70	32	8/2	9/2	5/4	11	51-32-1	92.63	7-4-1	94.29	24-17-6	79.10	24-17-3	82.62
22 (8/22)	7.2	109-70	27	3/4	3/1	13/1	14	43-33-5	93.05	12-6-1	92.88	29-17-6	78.46	23-14-2	83.25
23 (8/28)	4.0	76-46	19	4/0	6/1	5/3	9	31-21-4	91.49	-	-	15-8-2	77.35	25-15-3	84.23
24 (9/2)	6.0	106-61	26	5/2	5/2	7/4	15	33-19-2	91.68	8-3-1	92.09	44-27-9	77.64	21-12-3	82.30
25 (9/8)	6.0	101-63	23	7/3	5/0	6/1	9	34-21-2	91.72	3-2-0	92.40	24-13-3	77.40	37-25-4	83.61
26 (9/14)	6.0	99-65	22	6/3	3/0	5/0	7	39-27-1	92.06	-	-	19-10-2	76.57	37-24-2	82.98

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched yesterday (Brett Myers, Matt Thornton) inside:

Brett Myers:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	90.38	90.8	-2.92	8.30	5	5 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	4 / 100.00%	-0.4501
CH (Changeup)	84.90	85.3	-6.50	1.58	3	2 / 66.67%	1 / 33.33%	1 / 50.00%	-0.2600
SL (Slider)	84.15	84.8	2.77	1.97	4	4 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	3 / 100.00%	-0.4027
CU (Curveball)	76.30	76.7	9.52	-10.86	4	2 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 33.33%	-0.3965
FC (Cutter)	91.80	91.8	-0.19	8.38	1	1 / 100.00%	1 / 100.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.1868
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
7	6	6	100.00	6	-0.848
8	11	8	72.73	17	-0.848

Matt Thornton:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.14	94.9	3.93	10.40	14	8 / 57.14%	0 / 0.00%	5 / 45.45%	-0.8470
SL (Slider)	81.20	81.2	-0.68	-0.80	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.5118
FC (Cutter)	92.70	92.9	2.58	5.64	2	1 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 50.00%	-0.0002
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
9	17	10	58.82	17	-0.335

Chris Sale dials up … the number of his changeups

The Wizard — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 02:00:31 +0000

Royals @ Sox:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(W, 16-6) 6.0 5 1 1 1 6 0 2.88

Crain 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.82

Myers 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.46

Thornton(H, 23) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.45

Reed(S, 26) 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 4.83

Totals 9.0 11 4 4 1 12 0 4.13

Pitches-strikes: Sale 101-63, Crain 15-10, Myers 11-6, Thornton 9-7, Reed 22-15.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 7-3, Crain 0-0, Myers 0-0, Thornton 0-0, Reed 0-0.
Batters faced: Sale 23, Crain 3, Myers 3, Thornton 2, Reed 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Thornton 1-0.

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sale(W, 16-6)	6.0	5	1	1	1	6	2.88
Crain	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	2.82
Myers	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	3.46
Thornton(H, 23)	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	3.45
Reed(S, 26)	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	4.83
Totals	9.0	11	4	4	1	12	4.13

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.47	89.4	12.93	-1.20	3	2 / 66.67%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 50.00%	-0.2827
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	92.40	94	7.27	0.47	3	2 / 66.67%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 66.67%	-0.0010
CH (Changeup)	83.61	87.8	12.51	-1.95	37	25 / 67.57%	4 / 10.81%	19 / 61.29%	-1.0771
SL (Slider)	77.40	86.1	-3.92	-6.01	24	13 / 54.17%	3 / 12.50%	12 / 52.17%	-0.3524
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	91.72	94.4	11.02	0.01	34	21 / 61.76%	2 / 5.88%	13 / 50.00%	-0.7928
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	20	12	60.00	20	-0.350
2	17	9	52.94	37	-0.062
3	29	18	62.07	66	0.464
4	13	9	69.23	79	-0.862
5	12	9	75.00	91	-0.848
6	10	6	60.00	101	-0.848

Sale threw 37 changeups (season high), 25 of them were strikes (season high). Also, the velocity of Sale’s 2-seam fastball was under 92mph for the 3rd consecutive start.

Here’s how tonight’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41
20 (8/12)	6.2	114-79	26	5/2	6/2	11/0	19	52-35-6	92.50	4-3-1	92.55	26-17-6	78.30	30-24-6	82.77
21 (8/17)	6.2	117-70	32	8/2	9/2	5/4	11	51-32-1	92.63	7-4-1	94.29	24-17-6	79.10	24-17-3	82.62
22 (8/22)	7.2	109-70	27	3/4	3/1	13/1	14	43-33-5	93.05	12-6-1	92.88	29-17-6	78.46	23-14-2	83.25
23 (8/28)	4.0	76-46	19	4/0	6/1	5/3	9	31-21-4	91.49	-	-	15-8-2	77.35	25-15-3	84.23
24 (9/2)	6.0	106-61	26	5/2	5/2	7/4	15	33-19-2	91.68	8-3-1	92.09	44-27-9	77.64	21-12-3	82.30
25 (9/8)	6.0	101-63	23	7/3	5/0	6/1	9	34-21-2	91.72	3-2-0	92.40	24-13-3	77.40	37-25-4	83.61

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched yesterday (Jesse Crain, Brett Myers, Matt Thornton, Addison Reed) inside:

Jesse Crain:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	93.62	94.5	-0.04	7.55	6	3 / 50.00%	2 / 33.33%	3 / 50.00%	-0.1629
CH (Changeup)	82.60	82.6	-5.19	1.51	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.0504
SL (Slider)	84.92	86.7	4.90	-3.22	5	4 / 80.00%	0 / 0.00%	3 / 75.00%	-0.4682
CU (Curveball)	70.07	70.7	4.62	-15.47	3	2 / 66.67%	1 / 33.33%	2 / 66.67%	-0.1809
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
7	15	10	66.67	15	-0.862

Brett Myers:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	91.32	92	-3.97	6.81	6	3 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 40.00%	0.7657
SL (Slider)	85.90	85.9	3.37	1.35	1	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.0502
CU (Curveball)	79.20	79.2	7.83	-12.74	1	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.0296
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	92.07	92.4	-7.10	3.44	3	3 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	1.3116
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	11	6	54.55	11	2.157

Matt Thornton:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.10	94.6	2.05	4.49	6	5 / 83.33%	1 / 16.67%	5 / 83.33%	-0.4025
SL (Slider)	81.33	81.8	-1.96	-6.24	3	2 / 66.67%	1 / 33.33%	2 / 66.67%	-0.1820
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	9	7	77.78	9	-0.584

Addison Reed:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	93.68	94.9	-4.31	7.44	18	12 / 66.67%	3 / 16.67%	11 / 64.71%	-0.9603
CH (Changeup)	86.20	86.5	-6.79	2.35	2	2 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	1.3842
SL (Slider)	83.90	84.1	1.20	-1.54	2	1 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.5397
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
9	22	15	68.18	22	0.964

Chris Sale’s fastball drops under 92 mph again

The Wizard — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:30:17 +0000

Sox @ Tigers:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(L, 15-6) 6.0 5 4 4 4 7 2 2.93

Jones, N 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.95

Septimo 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.59

Myers 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.42

Totals 8.0 8 4 4 5 8 2 4.03

HBP: Fielder (by Sale).
Pitches-strikes: Sale 106-61, Jones, N 14-10, Septimo 3-3, Myers 13-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 5-2, Jones, N 1-1, Septimo 0-1, Myers 0-1.
Batters faced: Sale 26, Jones, N 4, Septimo 2, Myers 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Myers 1-0.

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	92.09	93.3	6.76	5.99	8	3 / 37.50%	1 / 12.50%	2 / 28.57%	-0.1697
CH (Changeup)	82.30	87.4	12.38	1.78	21	12 / 57.14%	3 / 14.29%	9 / 50.00%	-1.7617
SL (Slider)	77.64	80.3	-5.97	-2.36	44	27 / 61.36%	9 / 20.45%	25 / 59.52%	0.3550
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	91.68	95.2	10.61	4.22	33	19 / 57.58%	2 / 6.06%	11 / 44.00%	3.1431
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	12	6	50.00	12	-0.743
2	13	9	69.23	25	-0.019
3	13	6	46.15	38	-0.757
4	21	10	47.62	59	-0.186
5	16	12	75.00	75	1.392
6	31	18	58.06	106	1.880

Sale’s velocity was under 92mph last week too. Sale, also, threw 44 sliders. 44 out of 106!

Here’s how yesterday’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41
20 (8/12)	6.2	114-79	26	5/2	6/2	11/0	19	52-35-6	92.50	4-3-1	92.55	26-17-6	78.30	30-24-6	82.77
21 (8/17)	6.2	117-70	32	8/2	9/2	5/4	11	51-32-1	92.63	7-4-1	94.29	24-17-6	79.10	24-17-3	82.62
22 (8/22)	7.2	109-70	27	3/4	3/1	13/1	14	43-33-5	93.05	12-6-1	92.88	29-17-6	78.46	23-14-2	83.25
23 (8/28)	4.0	76-46	19	4/0	6/1	5/3	9	31-21-4	91.49	-	-	15-8-2	77.35	25-15-3	84.23
24 (9/2)	6.0	106-61	26	5/2	5/2	7/4	15	33-19-2	91.68	8-3-1	92.09	44-27-9	77.64	21-12-3	82.30

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched yesterday (Nate Jones [who hit 101.1 mph!], Leyson Septimo, Brett Myers) inside:

Nate Jones:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	98.40	98.8	-6.68	11.03	3	3 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 100.00%	0.3180
SL (Slider)	88.60	89.7	0.03	0.88	4	2 / 50.00%	2 / 50.00%	2 / 50.00%	-0.1117
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	99.54	101.1	-8.93	9.09	7	5 / 71.43%	0 / 0.00%	3 / 60.00%	-0.5560
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
7	14	10	71.43	14	-0.350

Leyson Septimo:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.20	94.7	9.51	6.68	2	2 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.2779
SL (Slider)	79.90	79.9	0.31	-1.92	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.4983
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	3	3	100.00	3	0.220

Brett Myers:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	90.43	92.3	-2.15	6.72	3	1 / 33.33%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 33.33%	0.0367
SL (Slider)	84.75	84.9	2.88	0.29	2	1 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 50.00%	0.1355
CU (Curveball)	76.77	77.2	7.73	-10.67	3	3 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 100.00%	0.4359
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	90.70	92.7	-7.59	4.95	5	3 / 60.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 33.33%	-0.3498
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	13	8	61.54	13	0.258

Chris Sale has a short and slow outing

The Wizard — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:00:24 +0000

Sox @ Orioles:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(L, 15-5) 4.0 6 4 4 3 5 1 2.81

Humber 4.0 5 2 2 0 2 1 5.87

Totals 8.0 11 6 6 3 7 2 4.00

Pitches-strikes: Sale 75-47, Humber 66-39.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 4-0, Humber 1-6.
Batters faced: Sale 19, Humber 17.

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.50	89	12.75	2.69	4	2 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 50.00%	-0.0390
CH (Changeup)	84.23	87.8	13.23	2.70	25	15 / 60.00%	3 / 12.00%	14 / 58.33%	-0.7925
SL (Slider)	77.35	79.4	-5.53	-2.92	15	8 / 53.33%	2 / 13.33%	5 / 41.67%	0.2584
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	91.49	94	11.65	4.79	31	21 / 67.74%	4 / 12.90%	14 / 58.33%	2.7648
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	17	14	82.35	17	-0.364
2	31	16	51.61	48	1.097
3	13	7	53.85	61	0.701
4	14	9	64.29	75	0.758

Sale’s velocity was under 92mph.

Here’s how tonight’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41
20 (8/12)	6.2	114-79	26	5/2	6/2	11/0	19	52-35-6	92.50	4-3-1	92.55	26-17-6	78.30	30-24-6	82.77
21 (8/17)	6.2	117-70	32	8/2	9/2	5/4	11	51-32-1	92.63	7-4-1	94.29	24-17-6	79.10	24-17-3	82.62
22 (8/22)	7.2	109-70	27	3/4	3/1	13/1	14	43-33-5	93.05	12-6-1	92.88	29-17-6	78.46	23-14-2	83.25
23 (8/28)	4.0	76-46	19	4/0	6/1	5/3	9	31-21-4	91.49	-	-	15-8-2	77.35	25-15-3	84.23

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched yesterday (Phil Humber) inside:

Phil Humber:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	89.67	90.9	-5.94	8.88	23	19 / 82.61%	0 / 0.00%	11 / 73.33%	0.7977
CH (Changeup)	84.96	88.3	-5.97	6.14	8	5 / 62.50%	2 / 25.00%	4 / 57.14%	-0.3659
SL (Slider)	87.31	90.1	-1.02	7.38	19	10 / 52.63%	1 / 5.26%	6 / 40.00%	-1.1671
CU (Curveball)	77.69	78.5	8.83	-6.99	14	4 / 28.57%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 16.67%	0.8600
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	89.40	89.5	-8.37	10.08	2	1 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 50.00%	-0.0506
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
5	14	9	64.29	14	-0.848
6	25	14	56.00	39	0.661
7	21	12	57.14	60	1.095
8	6	4	66.67	66	-0.834

Chris Sale strikes out 13, walks 1, and whiffs 14 Yankees

The Wizard — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:00:14 +0000

Yankees @ Sox:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(W, 15-4) 7.2 3 1 1 1 13 1 2.65

Myers(H, 5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.33

Reed(S, 23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.65

Totals 9.0 4 1 1 1 15 1 3.96

Pitches-strikes: Sale 109-70, Myers 3-2, Reed 16-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 3-4, Myers 1-0, Reed 1-0.
Batters faced: Sale 27, Myers 1, Reed 4.

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.05	88.1	10.88	1.20	2	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.0790
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	92.88	94.5	7.57	2.98	12	6 / 50.00%	1 / 8.33%	4 / 40.00%	-0.8558
CH (Changeup)	83.25	87.2	12.21	-0.45	23	14 / 60.87%	2 / 8.70%	11 / 55.00%	-1.2647
SL (Slider)	78.46	83.9	-4.98	-5.30	29	17 / 58.62%	6 / 20.69%	15 / 55.56%	-0.8953
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	93.05	96	9.79	2.91	43	33 / 76.74%	5 / 11.63%	27 / 72.97%	-0.2225
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	11	7	63.64	11	-0.862
2	16	11	68.75	27	-0.019
3	13	9	69.23	40	-0.862
4	13	9	69.23	53	-0.019
5	11	8	72.73	64	-0.848
6	18	11	61.11	82	0.582
7	19	9	47.37	101	-0.547
8	8	6	75.00	109	-0.584

Sale’s 2-seam fastball averaged 93.05 mph tonight! Ale’s 2-seam fastball had not averaged more than 93 mph in a start after his May 1 start.

Here’s how tonight’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41
20 (8/12)	6.2	114-79	26	5/2	6/2	11/0	19	52-35-6	92.50	4-3-1	92.55	26-17-6	78.30	30-24-6	82.77
21 (8/17)	6.2	117-70	32	8/2	9/2	5/4	11	51-32-1	92.63	7-4-1	94.29	24-17-6	79.10	24-17-3	82.62
22 (8/22)	7.2	109-70	27	3/4	3/1	13/1	14	43-33-5	93.05	12-6-1	92.88	29-17-6	78.46	23-14-2	83.25

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched yesterday (Brett Myers, Addison Reed) inside:

Brett Myers:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
CH (Changeup)	85.10	85.1	-5.71	0.39	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	-0.2644
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	91.70	91.9	-6.15	4.25	2	1 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 50.00%	-0.0135
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	3	2	66.67	3	-0.278

Addison Reed:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	93.67	94.5	-2.34	7.28	9	7 / 77.78%	0 / 0.00%	6 / 75.00%	-0.5090
CH (Changeup)	85.76	86.8	-6.33	2.81	7	4 / 57.14%	2 / 28.57%	3 / 50.00%	0.1450
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
9	16	11	68.75	16	-0.364

Robin Ventura whacks the IBB pinata. Chris Sale throws 117 pitches.

The Wizard — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 04:00:12 +0000

Sox @ Royals:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(L, 14-4) 6.2 9 4 4 4 5 2 2.72

Crain 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.93

Santiago, H 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.57

Totals 8.0 9 4 4 5 6 2 3.94

IBB: Francoeur (by Sale), Francoeur (by Sale), Butler (by Sale).
Pitches-strikes: Sale 117-70, Crain 5-3, Santiago, H 19-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 8-2, Crain 0-1, Santiago, H.
Batters faced: Sale 32, Crain 1, Santiago, H 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Crain 2-0.

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.10	88.1	11.69	2.56	1	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.0369
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.29	95.4	7.51	8.36	7	4 / 57.14%	1 / 14.29%	3 / 50.00%	-0.5529
CH (Changeup)	82.62	87.5	11.86	4.09	24	17 / 70.83%	3 / 12.50%	10 / 58.82%	0.0128
SL (Slider)	79.10	81.9	-4.82	-1.06	24	17 / 70.83%	6 / 25.00%	13 / 65.00%	1.5506
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	92.63	95.2	10.21	6.60	51	32 / 62.75%	1 / 1.96%	21 / 52.50%	0.5507
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	16	9	56.25	16	-0.335
2	20	11	55.00	36	0.912
3	12	10	83.33	48	-0.848
4	8	6	75.00	56	-0.004
5	9	7	77.78	65	-0.575
6	22	13	59.09	87	1.193
7	20	14	70.00	107	1.256

Sale’s velocity held steady.

Here’s how yesterday’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41
20 (8/12)	6.2	114-79	26	5/2	6/2	11/0	19	52-35-6	92.50	4-3-1	92.55	26-17-6	78.30	30-24-6	82.77
21 (8/17)	6.2	117-70	32	8/2	9/2	5/4	11	51-32-1	92.63	7-4-1	94.29	24-17-6	79.10	24-17-3	82.62

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched tonight (Addison Reed, Jesse Crain, Hector Santiago) inside:

Jesse Crain:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.40	94.7	-0.40	11.48	3	2 / 66.67%	1 / 33.33%	1 / 50.00%	-0.2395
SL (Slider)	84.80	85.2	3.18	-0.64	2	1 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 50.00%	-0.0384
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
7	5	3	60.00	5	-0.278

Hector Santiago:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	91.76	93	7.21	10.06	5	3 / 60.00%	1 / 20.00%	2 / 50.00%	-0.5903
SI (Sinker)	92.15	93	8.33	10.31	4	3 / 75.00%	1 / 25.00%	2 / 66.67%	-0.4473
CH (Changeup)	80.80	81	10.56	6.47	2	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.2935
FC (Cutter)	86.88	88	0.19	5.35	5	2 / 40.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 40.00%	0.0298
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	16	8	50.00	16	-0.532

Chris Sale strikes out 11, walks 0, and whiffs 19 A’s

The Wizard — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:31:04 +0000

A’s @ Sox:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(W, 14-3) 6.2 6 2 2 0 11 2 2.60

Jones, N 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.35

Reed 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 3.95

Totals 9.0 8 3 3 0 13 3 3.98

WP: Sale.
Pitches-strikes: Sale 114-79, Jones, N 26-18, Reed 15-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 5-2, Jones, N 1-2, Reed 1-0.
Batters faced: Sale 26, Jones, N 5, Reed 4.

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.50	89.1	9.55	1.95	2	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.1315
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	92.55	93.8	7.65	3.66	4	3 / 75.00%	1 / 25.00%	1 / 50.00%	1.8544
CH (Changeup)	82.77	87.3	11.86	0.14	30	24 / 80.00%	6 / 20.00%	16 / 72.73%	-0.4312
SL (Slider)	78.30	82.6	-5.49	-4.77	26	17 / 65.38%	6 / 23.08%	16 / 64.00%	-1.8692
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	92.50	94.6	10.24	3.43	52	35 / 67.31%	6 / 11.54%	31 / 64.58%	-0.5195
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	19	15	78.95	19	-1.140
2	18	10	55.56	37	-0.862
3	18	13	72.22	55	-0.086
4	13	10	76.92	68	-0.862
5	15	12	80.00	83	0.134
6	22	13	59.09	105	1.095
7	9	6	66.67	114	0.888

A season high 19 whiffs!

Here’s how yesterday’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41
20 (8/12)	6.2	114-79	26	5/2	6/2	11/0	19	52-35-6	92.50	4-3-1	92.55	26-17-6	78.30	30-24-6	82.77

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched yesterday (Nate Jones, Addison Reed) inside:

Nate Jones:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	91.85	92.2	-6.85	5.93	2	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.1274
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	97.62	98.5	-6.90	6.80	5	4 / 80.00%	0 / 0.00%	4 / 80.00%	-0.0124
CH (Changeup)	87.40	87.4	-8.68	6.65	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.0672
SL (Slider)	88.27	89.8	0.98	-2.05	3	1 / 33.33%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	-0.1551
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	97.90	99.5	-8.81	6.81	15	12 / 80.00%	0 / 0.00%	8 / 72.73%	-0.5059
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
7	10	7	70.00	10	0.220
8	16	11	68.75	26	-0.834

Addison Reed:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	95.41	96.3	-3.48	7.99	10	9 / 90.00%	2 / 20.00%	8 / 88.89%	1.1231
CH (Changeup)	86.40	86.4	-7.20	2.87	1	1 / 100.00%	1 / 100.00%	1 / 100.00%	-0.2115
SL (Slider)	87.40	89.1	0.95	2.77	4	2 / 50.00%	1 / 25.00%	1 / 33.33%	-0.3297
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
9	15	12	80.00	15	0.582

Chris Sale reverts to Cy Sale mode

The Wizard — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:00:08 +0000

Royals @ Sox:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(W, 13-3) 8.0 8 2 2 0 7 2 2.59

Reed(S, 20) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.83

Totals 9.0 9 2 2 0 7 2 3.96

Pitches-strikes: Sale 101-67, Reed 8-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 6-4, Reed 2-0.
Batters faced: Sale 30, Reed 4.

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	93.75	95	8.49	-0.32	6	4 / 66.67%	0 / 0.00%	4 / 66.67%	-0.1442
CH (Changeup)	82.41	86	12.05	-3.07	20	15 / 75.00%	4 / 20.00%	8 / 61.54%	-1.3958
SL (Slider)	78.82	81	-3.97	-9.26	17	9 / 52.94%	1 / 5.88%	7 / 46.67%	-0.6257
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	92.69	95.8	10.73	0.03	58	39 / 67.24%	7 / 12.07%	25 / 56.82%	1.1693
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	7	6	85.71	7	-0.848
2	13	8	61.54	20	-0.561
3	11	6	54.55	31	-0.848
4	13	8	61.54	44	-0.575
5	12	8	66.67	56	0.596
6	12	9	75.00	68	0.163
7	20	13	65.00	88	0.596
8	13	9	69.23	101	0.480

Sale’s velocity is back!

Here’s how tonight’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	BF	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastballs -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeups -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	25	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	22	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	28	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	29	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	22	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	6	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	24	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	22	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	24	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	27	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	33	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	29	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	28	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	27	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	25	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	26	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	5	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	32	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	31	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	27	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46
19 (8/6)	8.0	101-67	30	6/4	8/2	7/0	12	58-39-7	92.69	6-4-0	93.75	17-9-1	78.82	20-15-4	82.41

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched tonight (Addison Reed) inside:

Addison Reed:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.16	96.3	-3.72	5.33	5	5 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	3 / 100.00%	0.1773
CH (Changeup)	85.40	85.4	-6.51	1.46	1	1 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	-0.7809
SL (Slider)	81.35	82.3	3.44	1.57	2	2 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 100.00%	0.5611
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
9	8	8	100.00	8	-0.042

White Sox trade for LHP Francisco Liriano

The Wizard — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:15:10 +0000

White Sox Press Release:

The Chicago White Sox have acquired left-handed pitcher Francisco Liriano from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for infielder Eduardo Escobar and left-hander Pedro Hernandez. …

Here are his Liriano’s stats:

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2005	21	MIN	AL	1	2	.333	5.70	6	4	2	0	0	0	23.2	19	15	15	4	7	0	33	0	0	0	93	79	1.099	7.2	1.5	2.7	12.5	4.71
2006	22	MIN	AL	12	3	.800	2.16	28	16	2	0	0	1	121.0	89	31	29	9	32	0	144	1	1	9	473	208	1.000	6.6	0.7	2.4	10.7	4.50	AS,RoY-3

2008	24	MIN	AL	6	4	.600	3.91	14	14	0	0	0	0	76.0	74	40	33	7	32	1	67	1	0	3	329	108	1.395	8.8	0.8	3.8	7.9	2.09
2009	25	MIN	AL	5	13	.278	5.80	29	24	2	0	0	0	136.2	147	93	88	21	65	0	122	6	1	5	609	76	1.551	9.7	1.4	4.3	8.0	1.88
2010	26	MIN	AL	14	10	.583	3.62	31	31	0	0	0	0	191.2	184	77	77	9	58	0	201	10	1	10	806	112	1.263	8.6	0.4	2.7	9.4	3.47	CYA-11
2011	27	MIN	AL	9	10	.474	5.09	26	24	0	1	1	0	134.1	125	81	76	14	75	1	112	7	0	9	591	80	1.489	8.4	0.9	5.0	7.5	1.49
2012	28	MIN	AL	3	10	.231	5.31	22	17	2	0	0	0	100.0	89	63	59	12	55	4	109	4	1	6	440	77	1.440	8.0	1.1	5.0	9.8	1.98
7 Yrs				50	52	.490	4.33	156	130	8	1	1	1	783.1	727	400	377	76	324	6	788	29	4	42	3341	97	1.342	8.4	0.9	3.7	9.1	2.43
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.490	4.33	37	31	2	0	0	0	186	173	95	90	18	77	1	187	7	1	10	794	97	1.342	8.4	0.9	3.7	9.1	2.43

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 7/28/2012.

And here’s Liriano’s Fangraphs page, Liriano’s Pitch F/X player card. and Liriano’s Pitch F/X profile.

Liriano, who’s on his last arbitration year, is on a 1-year $5.5 million contract and will be a free-agent after this season.

Chris Sale threw 45 sliders tonight

The Wizard — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:00:33 +0000

Sox @ Rangers:

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Sale(W, 12-3) 6.1 6 5 5 2 6 1 2.61

Jones, N 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.43

Thornton(H, 17) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.64

Myers(H, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.27

Reed 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.00

Totals 9.0 8 5 5 4 8 1 4.05

HBP: Kinsler (by Sale), Gentry (by Sale), Kinsler (by Jones, N).
Pitches-strikes: Sale 109-75, Jones, N 9-2, Thornton 10-5, Myers 17-13, Reed 21-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sale 6-4, Jones, N 0-0, Thornton 1-1, Myers 1-1, Reed 1-1.
Batters faced: Sale 27, Jones, N 2, Thornton 3, Myers 4, Reed 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Jones, N 1-0, Thornton 3-1.

Pitch F/X for Chris Sale:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FA (Fastball)	88.30	89.2	12.47	7.50	6	2 / 33.33%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 33.33%	0.3629
CH (Changeup)	84.46	87.8	11.84	6.41	27	16 / 59.26%	1 / 3.70%	10 / 47.62%	0.9957
SL (Slider)	78.14	80.3	-0.13	1.61	45	36 / 80.00%	12 / 26.67%	30 / 76.92%	-2.5457
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	90.22	92.4	12.04	7.87	31	21 / 67.74%	0 / 0.00%	16 / 61.54%	1.1327
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
1	28	19	67.86	28	1.953
2	8	7	87.50	36	-0.057
3	12	11	91.67	48	-0.350
4	11	9	81.82	59	-0.862
5	24	15	62.50	83	-0.215
6	13	8	61.54	96	-0.561
7	13	6	46.15	109	0.038

Sale has pitched 124.0 innings now this year.

Here’s how tonight’s start compares with Sale’s previous starts:

Start #	Innings Pitched	Pitches- Strikes	GO/FO	H/HR	K/BB	Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	2-seam fastball velocity (mph)	4-seam fastball -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	4-seam fastball velocity (mph)	Sliders -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Slider velocity (mph)	Changeup -Strikes- Swinging Strikes	Changeup velocity (mph)
1 (4/9)	6.2	100-60	9/3	3/0	5/2	8	20-15-2	94.26	14-6-0	92.85	31-16-4	80.20	12-7-1	83.81
2 (4/15)	5.0	102-68	7/2	5/1	5/2	11	51-36-4	94.35	6-4-1	93.60	18-12-5	81.33	18-8-1	84.36
3 (4/20)	6.1	110-69	4/2	7/1	11/3	18	52-32-5	93.44	-	-	49-36-12	80.65	8-1-1	85.48
4 (4/25)	8.0	101-71	4/5	6/0	5/0	4	53-38-1	91.60	-	-	28-18-2	78.68	16-11-1	84.55
5 (5/1)	6.0	88-62	9/5	3/0	3/1	6	28-21-2	92.35	1-0-0	92.20	23-17-2	79.66	17-14-2	84.64
RL (5/8)	1.0	26-14	2/1	1/0	1/1	1	15-11-0	94.41	-	-	11-3-1	80.48	-	-
6 (5/12)	5.0	103-66	7/4	7/0	3/2	6	66-41-2	91.72	5-4-1	92.10	19-12-0	78.17	10-7-3	84.34
7 (5/16)	5.1	103-68	2/2	5/1	7/1	13	72-53-10	92.18	3-1-0	94.00	12-6-1	80.25	12-8-2	83.79
8 (5/23)	7.0	97-64	11/0	2/0	6/2	10	55-34-2	91.68	6-5-1	92.93	19-14-5	79.79	14-9-2	84.54
9 (5/28)	7.1	115-80	4/2	3/0	15/2	23	53-35-9	93.23	-	-	33-27-10	79.96	20-12-4	84.52
10 (6/3)	9.0	119-81	7/9	5/1	8/2	11	43-29-2	92.97	11-6-1	92.77	36-28-8	79.07	23-15-0	84.57
11 (6/9)	8.0	101-70	7/6	4/0	7/0	15	47-31-3	92.52	5-5-1	92.98	16-12-4	78.64	29-18-7	82.89
12 (6/15)	5.2	107-70	6/3	7/0	6/4	7	42-28-0	91.89	24-14-3	93.47	30-20-2	79.73	11-8-2	83.16
13 (6/22)	8.0	109-70	6/5	4/0	7/1	11	45-30-2	92.84	8-5-2	94.13	22-13-2	79.05	17-11-5	83.98
14 (6/27)	7.0	93-64	5/5	6/1	5/1	12	40-28-2	91.75	-	-	28-18-6	79.02	22-15-4	83.91
15 (7/3)	7.1	95-64	11/3	5/0	4/1	10	44-35-4	92.28	5-0-0	94.34	17-12-3	78.88	21-13-3	83.85
AS (7/10)	1.0	13-10	0/2	2/0	1/0	2	6-5-0	94.60	1-1-1	95.10	5-3-1	81.22	-	-
16 (7/15)	8.0	115-76	11/4	10/0	4/0	7	39-24-1	92.26	17-7-1	92.40	28-24-4	78.30	31-21-1	84.00
17 (7/21)	7.0	90-59	5/6	7/1	6/4	11	29-17-1	91.40	2-1-0	90.80	26-21-8	77.15	27-18-0	82.22
18 (7/27)	6.1	109-75	6/4	6/1	6/2	13	31-21-2	90.22	-	-	45-36-12	78.14	27-16-1	84.46

RL=Relief, AS=All-Star Game

Sale had thrown more than 36 sliders just one time this year before tonight: in his 3rd start of the year, when he also played 6.1 innings and also threw just 1 more pitch than tonight., he threw 49 sliders.

Pitch F/X for the other Sox that pitched tonight (Nate Jones, Matt Thornton, Brett Myers, Addison Reed) inside:

Nate Jones:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	97.60	98.8	-6.74	9.01	6	1 / 16.67%	1 / 16.67%	1 / 16.67%	0.3834
SL (Slider)	88.00	88.7	2.37	-0.99	2	1 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 50.00%	0.0306
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	97.10	97.1	-9.96	6.52	1	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.2476
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
7	9	2	22.22	9	0.662

Matt Thornton:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.57	95.2	4.03	11.10	3	2 / 66.67%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 50.00%	-0.2535
SL (Slider)	81.66	86.2	0.83	2.50	7	3 / 42.86%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 33.33%	0.0135
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
7	10	5	50.00	10	-0.240

Brett Myers:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	92.08	93.1	-3.62	9.52	6	5 / 83.33%	1 / 16.67%	5 / 83.33%	-0.1238
SL (Slider)	86.60	87	4.40	0.12	2	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	0.0668
CU (Curveball)	76.98	77.8	10.46	-10.53	6	5 / 83.33%	1 / 16.67%	3 / 75.00%	-0.7287
FT (TwoSeam Fastball)	92.00	92.7	-6.20	6.75	3	3 / 100.00%	0 / 0.00%	2 / 100.00%	0.4359
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
8	17	13	76.47	17	-0.350

Addison Reed:

Pitch Statistics
Pitch Type	Avg Speed	Max Speed	Avg H-Break	Avg V-Break	Count	Strikes / %	Whiffs / %	SNIPs / %	Linear Weights
FF (FourSeam Fastball)	94.22	95.9	-3.19	10.11	14	10 / 71.43%	1 / 7.14%	10 / 71.43%	-0.4958
CH (Changeup)	82.95	83.4	-6.21	3.45	2	1 / 50.00%	0 / 0.00%	0 / 0.00%	-0.2348
SL (Slider)	80.26	81.9	5.80	3.75	5	3 / 60.00%	0 / 0.00%	1 / 33.33%	0.3809
Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm. SNIPs are “Strikes Not In Play” and do not include any balls in play.

Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals
Inning	Pitches in Inning	Strikes in Inning	Strike% in Inning	Cumulative Total Pitches	Pitch LWTS in Inning
9	21	14	66.67	21	-0.350

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sale(L, 15-6)	6.0	5	4	4	4	7	2	2.93
Jones, N	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.95
Septimo	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.59
Myers	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.42
Totals	8.0	8	4	4	5	8	2	4.03

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sale(L, 15-5)	4.0	6	4	4	3	5	1	2.81
Humber	4.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	5.87
Totals	8.0	11	6	6	3	7	2	4.00

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sale(W, 15-4)	7.2	3	1	1	1	13	1	2.65
Myers(H, 5)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33
Reed(S, 23)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.65
Totals	9.0	4	1	1	1	15	1	3.96

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sale(L, 14-4)	6.2	9	4	4	4	5	2	2.72
Crain	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93
Santiago, H	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.57
Totals	8.0	9	4	4	5	6	2	3.94

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	ERA
Sale(W, 14-3)	6.2	6	2	2	11	2	2.60
Jones, N	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	3.35
Reed	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	3.95
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	13	3	3.98

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	ERA
Sale(W, 13-3)	8.0	8	2	2	7	2	2.59
Reed(S, 20)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	3.83
Totals	9.0	9	2	2	7	2	3.96

Chi White Sox	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sale(W, 12-3)	6.1	6	5	5	2	6	1	2.61
Jones, N	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.43
Thornton(H, 17)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.64
Myers(H, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.27
Reed	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.00
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	4	8	1	4.05