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Rob Friedman

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118 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

So I really wanted to touch on that.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

And that's what really kind of jumps out at people.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

I have had people kind of surprised at how far it has gone into the game and how deep it is, even down to like colleges where they have, you know, pitching labs are as good as can possibly be, like as good as major league labs.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

And then the big question is, is this the game that you want?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

Do you want a game where pitchers are in charge and hitters are just –

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

you know kind of counterpunching because it is a weird sport you have a sport where the offense doesn't have the ball the offense has a bat the pitcher has the ball so the pitcher is in control everything and a hitter is a counter puncher and it just kind of it lets people realize kind of that when they see that a pitcher can control almost everything.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

Well, first, I wanted to touch on what you said, because you're right.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

The trajectory machine does a great job of actually taking away a pitcher's best pitch.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

So you may be able to see a billion airbenders from Devin Williams from the trajectory machine, and all of a sudden, it doesn't look that bad when you're seeing it in a game.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

But...

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

Really, where it's gotten is, I left it open.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

I left it, is this a question that, how do you want it as a fan?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

Since this is your game, where do you want the sport to go?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

Do you like where it is today?

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

I do think that hitters have the ability to catch up, but as I mentioned, the game is already...

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

Yeah, so I wanted to touch on that, too, because you made a really good point if you saw Paul Skeen's pitch last night.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

He wasn't throwing as hard as he could.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

He was throwing 96, 97, but hitting his spots and mixing it up with multiple pitches.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

And he keeps adding pitches, as this guy like Dylan sees.

Blue Jays Talk
JTP: Vladdy’s Struggles w/ Vernon Wells & The Pitching Ninja

And that's where we're going to is it's...