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I hope the Mariners don't let tonight goad them into swinging at borderline pitches outside too much or something. Price's start was physically impossible - or at least I'd have believed it so had I listened to the data. The data says that even the pitcher with the very best command in baseball missing the catcher's mitt by an average 6.5" on the average pitch that is not put in play. The MLB average is 11.2". That's AVERAGE. (In case you're wondering, the guy with the best ability to hit the mitt as precisely as possible...was Bartolo Colon in 2013). David Price was not in the top 10 in 2013.
So the data says you can't really throw the ball into a teacup. But tonight, Price fanned 8 men LOOKING...and he did that because he literally hit PRE-CISE-LY the corner 30 or 35 times in this game. That is simply breaking the laws of physics.