3 Things I Got WRONG About Roki Sasaki

Let's look back on my breakdown video of Roki Sasaki from a few months ago and examine what I got wrong.

We'll dig through a small data error, what I failed to emphasize in that original video, and examine new location information.

Pacific League TV is a great resource for video of Roki Sasaki, I used a lot of their footage in this video:    / @pacificleaguetvengofficial  

An online portal with NPB pitch-level results data can be found here: https://npbpitchprofile-stjm6eueundyd...

My video on pitch plots and how pitches move can be found here:    • Short Form Pitch Movement & the Fingerprin...  

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Huge Thanks to TruMedia for access to their software for the plots, data, and images within this video: https://www.trumedianetworks.com/base...

Video and images: MLB, USA Today, Associated Press, MLB.tv

0:00 Roki Sasaki's Decision is Looming
00:14 #1 - Correcting Sasaki's Extension
1:35 BAD Fastball Shape?
3:11 #2 - Essential Repertoire Development
4:21 Low Spin Capacity
5:00 How to Succeed with Low Spin
6:12 What Pitches Sasaki Should Add
7:25 #3 - Examining Sasaki's Location
9:02 Refining Sasaki's Lefty Approach
10:00 Calculating Sasaki's Surplus Value