August 5, 2012

Biomechanics

Andy Andres is next, speaking about biomechanics of pitching.

Update: Daniel Bard can’t seem to spin the fastball anymore.

Update: Now that I’m home, I wanted to update this a bit. They showed a great slow motion film of Tim Lincecum doing everything perfectly, then spent time trying to figure out what was wrong with Daniel Bard. There was conjecture in the media and from Bard that his release point was off, but the data didn’t show it. What the data did show is there is less spin on his fastball, so it’s coming in straighter than it did in 2010, when Bard was at his best.

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