Baseball America’s Geoff Pontes stops by to talk about modern pitch data and how smart clubs like the Giants are leveraging different looks. We also dive into the five Giants who placed on the BA Top 100, with some deep dives into the hit data on Marco Luciano, Luis Matos and Joey Bart. It’s a super-packed episode full of vertical approach angles, inverted vertical breaks, pitch shapes and more!

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Giants’ Development Philosophies (0:40)How Advanced Understanding of Pitch Metrics is Helping Smart Teams (8:40)Swiney, Santos, Bednar, Murphy and their Pitch Data (15:20)BA Top 100: Kyle Harrison (26:20)Marco Luciano (38:00)Luis Matos (42:00)Joey Bart (47:55)

Intro/Outro: “Watch the Tapes” by LCD Soundsystem