Glad I’m Not Gabe Kapler
Posted by Matt Sisson on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 10:12 pm
In tonight’s Yankee-Rays blow out, New York Yankee Nick Swisher moved from first over a few feet to take the mound in the bottom of the 8th inning. Swisher threw 22 pitches, 12 for strikes while facing 5 batters. He ended up walking one, giving up one hit and striking out Gabe Kapler. Swisher’s fastest pitch was clocked at 80.2 mph according to Pitch-F/X data and his release point was all over the place (see below). Swisher’s pitch speed increased as his outing went on, capping off a night in which he also hit his third home run of the season. Swisher and the Yankees will do whatever they can to get him some playing time.










This is awesome Matt…I love it!