I'll write something up on this after the Falls over. After we tag the game our app creates the reports, upload to Drive and share in our group. Same goes for pitching side as well.

Updated for our Fall Games just a piece of our hitting reports that are built out for our hitters after each game.

I love having catchers who have the ability to pick balls in the dirt but realistically our most effective way to control pitches that are bounced is the block. From our tracking data over the last year we worked hard to make this a reality for our catchers.

Need to be able to block pick and step out. Every game we needed at least two of these tools. Over half the time we needed to use all three tools.

90% of what I dig into starts with a player. A question, a comment, a feeling. When I don’t know, I can guess or I can go look. “I feel like I have to block from box to box.” So I looked MLB 2026: 69% of 'dirt balls' land within 6 inches of the plate. 87% within a foot.

Keeping the ball in front takes two tools: the block and the pick. Each one owns a different part of the dirt. The goal is to own both.

Idea that I'm working with based off last week and Turang's home run to LCF. Trying to visualize where players are 'potentially' making contact with the baseball. The visual here is what I'm most interested in. Big estimate going on here take with a grain of salt.

Everyone wants to glorify blocking and it is important. But 1/4 balls in the dirt was a pick for us over the past calendar year. Being able to do it all will remain undefeated. The game asks too much to be one dimensional.

MLB's top framer in 2026, Dillon Dingler (+8.9 framing runs), works every pitch back toward the middle of the plate. High pitches come down. Low pitches come up. Edges come in. Pitches out of zone are carried and held longer than those in zone.

Quick hold by Will Smith here.

Working on a piece looking at the Turang Swing against Skubal from the other day. You can see just how outlier a Left On Left Sinker driven to the LCF Gap really is. More than half are pulled, the a huge majority of those being groundballs.

The 0-0 pitch used to be a way to get ahead, but for Skubal, it's become a weapon. jrod20033.substack.com/p/get…

Adley Rutschman's glove after the catch. 113 catches, each traced from the catch to where the glove stops. Almost everything rides up with some type of pull toward the middle or upper part of the zone.

Adley Rutschman glove works around the zone. High pitches: his glove is coming down into the catch. Low pitches: coming up. And he sticks the borderline ones longer. Pitches off the plate held 0.88 s vs 0.46 s in the zone. First look, only 12 pitches. More catchers next.