Fastball Spin Rate, Fantasy Baseball, and Tyler Glasnow
May 7, 2018 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball | 3 Commentsby: Lance
Baseball Twitter is one of my favorite things in the world. It’s often full of interaction between analysts and fans, even analysts and other analysts, but every so often, we’re graced with the thoughts of major league players. Those we covet for their statistical production on our fake baseball teams sometimes descend from olympus to dwell amongst us fans. Sometimes that interaction is jovial, leaving us all with fuzzy feelings of joy and hope for a better world. Other times it’s between Trevor Bauer and Lance McCullers.
Last week, the topic was spin rate, and how one can increase it. I’ll do my best to plot this spat out as concisely as possible, with links to tweets.
- Bauer insinuates the Astros are using pine tar to increase spin rate.
- McCullers calls foul.
- Bauer says his issue is with the MLB, not the Astros; claims pine tar increases spin rate.
- Alex Bregman calls Trevor, “Tyler” Bauer.
- World asks how Bauer knows pine tar increases spin rate (no tweet, “the world” doesn’t have a Twitter account… or does it… @KanyeWest).
- Bauer quite possibly uses pine tar in first inning of May 2 start to prove point (successfully).
We need more of this. We need all of this, all the time. Dam, I love baseball.
You’re here for fantasy content, however, so why does spin rate matter for your fantasy baseball team?
Please, blog, may I have some more?
