I can't believe I'm turning the table upside down with a splitter! Sasaki Breaks ML Record for Turnover, Fall, Unveils Maximum Weapons
Mar 06, 2025
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However, it seems that the main character of the splitter may change this year. This is because Loki Sasaki of the Los Angeles Dodgers will take the mound in the Major League Baseball. Sasaki's splitter is a super-large weapon that puts him at the top of the promising list with a fastball over 100 miles.
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At this point, if he threw an average of 98 miles in his first major league game, he is expected to have 0.8 to 1.2 miles more if he enters the regular season. In other words, the average fastball speed could reach 99 miles.
However, Sasaki's pitch type, which received hot attention on the day, was by far a splitter. Sasaki's splitter, which threw 18 pitches, the second-most after the fastball, averaged 87.3 miles and 85.8 miles. The power of Sasaki's splitter is not in constraint but in rotational speed (RPM). On this day, the average number of times per minute was 518 times. The average rotation rate of the entire Major League's splitters was 1,302 times last year. In other words, Sasaki's splitters only rotate about four times before hitting the catcher's mitts.
According to MLB.com , the lowest average turnover was 577 by Miami Marlins Emanuel Ramirez on July 29 last year, according to an analysis of 2,000 games in which a pitcher threw more than 18 splitters in one game since 2015. Then on June 17 of the same year, the 589th episode of the Seattle Mariners Logan Gilbert. In other words, Sasaki's splitter turnover is the lowest ever.
The power splitter Sasaki threw at the WBC in March 2023 was a power splitter. The average speed was 91 miles and the turnover rate was 1100. In the exhibition game, the turnover rate was halved. As a result, some analysts say it is similar to knuckleball in terms of drop and shaking.
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The average fall of 18 splitters was 43 inches, exceeding the 41 inches of Houston Astros Taylor Scott and New York Mets Tyler Megill, who recorded last year's biggest fall for splitters.
There are two major achievements Sasaki confirmed in his exhibition game debut. The ability to raise fastball restraint to the 100-mile mark, the movement and fall of the splitter have become more `disturbed.' is a dot.
The statistics fan-graphs prediction system 'Steamer' predicted that Sasaki will throw 138 ⅔ innings in 24 games this year with 10-6 ERA, 3.30 ERA, 43 walks, 179 strikeouts, WHIP 1.11, 0.214, and WAR 3.4. The strikeout rate is 31.6% and the walk rate is 7.7%, almost all of which point to the highest level in the Major League. It can be seen as a prediction derived from a splitter.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
