Jair Jurrjens - Braves Prospect

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Take 75 North did a very detailed, pitch-by-pitch, breakdown of Jair Jurrjens first start against the Indians. In addition to an analysis of what he threw to both lefties and righties, Matt had this commentary as well:

One impression I had while I was watching the game, which I wasn’t taking notes on or charting at all, was confirmed to some degree. It seemed to me like he wasn’t getting enough strikes with his offspeed stuff, and of the 37 pitches the f/x data recorded that were offspeed pitches, 22 of them were balls. Of the 15 that were either strikes or close enough to get the batters to swing, not a single one ended up in a negative result. They were also responsible for five of his seven swinging strikes on the night. If he could at least make more of those look like strikes, I wonder if he could massage his strikeout totals up into a little more effective range.

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