Royals Rumblings - News for March 5, 2021
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Royals Rumblings - News for March 5, 2021
Lynn Worthy writes about how Daniel Lynch is garnering attention in camp.
“Daniel looks completely different 365 days later than what we saw last year,” Matheny said. “And part of that is a little bit of edge. He wanted to be a part of what we were doing last year. Part of that is our development team, and our pitching development did a really good job.
“Stuff has been there. It’s been fine-tuning some of the idiosyncrasies and some even away from the ball as far as his demeanor, as far as his presence.”
Seam Shifted Wake
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Two forces that change the path a pitch travels are gravity and Magnus force. Gravity causes a pitch to accelerate downward, which causes the impact to grow as the pitch approaches the plate. Magnus force is movement of a baseball caused by transverse spin of the baseball. These two forces result in a theoretical expected path for the baseball. However, on the field unexpected motion happens, especially with elite pitchers.
Some pitchers have a cutter, sinker, or changeup that starts to break as they cross the plate. This unexpected movement makes the ball hard to hit. What causes that movement? One possible answer is seam shifted wake.