Ranking the best pitch mixes and individual pitches
The baseball industry’s ability to study elements of individual pitches, such as spin-induced movement, location, approach angle, velocity and the outcomes they correlate with has improved our ability to identify what makes pitchers successful.
The first step is knowing what a pitcher throws, how he throws it, how it moves to the plate, and what outcomes these pitches drive. Through exhaustive sourcing, our team at Baseball America assembled a significant amount of information that allowed us to do a better job than ever of understanding the nuances of each pitcher in the Top 100 Prospects.
With this in mind, we ranked the best pitch mixes and best individual pitches among Top 100 Prospects. To be clear: This is not a ranking of overall pitches in the minors by pitch type. It is
