Edge Wizard Round-Up #2

Stolen Strikes, In Zone Balls, Well-Hit Update

Taken balls and strikes will always be a hot topic of conversation for fans of baseball and this week certainly did not help matters. Wyatt Langford took three straight pitches outside the zone and that caused quite the stir when it comes to the strike zone. Let’s take a look at the other side, what pitcher’s have benefitted from a larger than expected zone?

Logan Allen, whose primary catcher is Austin Hedges, has added 18 strikes on pitches out of the zone this season. How about the other side? Who has been burned on taken pitches in the zone called balls?

Miles Mikolas and reliever turned starter, Garrett Crochet, have the most incorrect calls on pitches in the zone this season. Overall, there have been 1,470 called balls in the zone this season and 1,564 called strikes out of the zone this season. Before play starts on April 15, there have been 37,258 taken pitches. So, 8.1% of taken pitches this season have been called incorrectly a ball or strike based on our zone data.

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Last week we checked in on the player that had the most Well-Hit balls this season. Now, let’s take a look at the team who have made the most hard contact in the 2024 season.

On average you can expect a team to have a Well-Hit ball every 5.1 at-bats this season. The Orioles lead the way in average with a .237 clip while the Dodgers, with those extra games in hand, lead the way with 143 total Well-Hit balls this season. What stands out to you here?