Cause for Concern? A Look at Jake Peavy’s First Start of 2010

Posted: 8th April 2010 by 643 Sports in MLB
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Jake Peavy's first start of the 2010 season was if anything to me, concerning. No, I am not calling for Peavy's head, wishing the White Sox did not acquire him, or anything of that nature. I was just concerned with the way the start went.  In actuality, Tuesday's start itself was not poor (5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 5 Ks, 44 Game Score, 104 pitches). Of course, it is not what White Sox fans want out from the 29-year-old, but overall the start was far from terrible.  The problem to me was Peavy's "stuff." He did not seem to be missing many bats and his velocity seemed well below what I was used to seeing in my limited viewing of Peavy's starts.  Luckily, using Pitchf/X data (credit: BrooksBaseball.net ), we can analyze Peavy's start in detail. What the data really bears out ...

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