Ace or Closer? Jacob Misiorowski, Hurston Waldrep Breakdowns
Lance Brozdowski Lance Brozdowski
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 Published On Feb 27, 2024

Two of the most exciting pitching prospects in baseball-Jacob Misiorowski and Hurston Waldrep-have questions about whether they'll even be starting pitchers.

Let's look at their 2023 pitch shape data and try to pick a favorite.

My top 40 pitching prospects with non-public Stuff+ will be coming out during the middle of March. It will be for premium-only members of my Substack, which can be found here: https://lancebroz.substack.com/

Big thanks to TruMedia for giving me access to their software to display the plots, charts, and data within this video. Check them out here: https://www.trumedianetworks.com/base...

If you're looking for sortable short-form movement that is public, you can find it at Alex Chamberlain's pitch leaderboard: https://public.tableau.com/app/profil...

Music via lofi girl on youtube:    / @lofigirl  

Video and images via MLB, MLB.tv, Baseball Savant

0:00 Intro
0:33 Jacob Misiorowski's Mechanics
1:40 Misiorowski's Fastball
3:03 Misiorowski's Breaking Balls
4:31 Will There Be Enough Strikes?
6:35 Hurston Waldrep's Mechanics, Fastball
7:56 Waldrep's Splitter
8:44 Waldrep's Slider
9:54 Will There Be Enough Strikes?
11:39 What Do YOU Think?

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