The Rays are one of the best pitching development organizations in baseball. And they have a tendency to do certain things with their pitchers. One of the most common is to push cutter/slider velocity up. It's one of the ways they helped Taj Bradley emerge as an ace.
*This video was recorded and edited before Bradley's start on July 31. So he is no longer July's ERA leader... Boooo!*
In this video, we'll dig into what the Rays do well, what they changed with Taj Bradley, and how it all relates to Stuff+.
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0:00 Taj Bradley's Dominance
0:30 How Stuff+ Fails... and Succeeds
2:21 Bradley's New Cutter
4:19 Rays Pitching Philosophy
6:56 Bradley's Splitter Usage Tweak
9:02 League Trend: Count Leverage
9:49 Why Do Stuff+ and Taj Bradley Matter?