logan webb is a rare breed of old school pitchers who beat hitters with deception, movement, and control/command. 

this year may be his year to win a cy young. a big part of that is because he added a league-average cutter to arsenal. despite being average, its been wildly effective at improving his splits against lefties, an area where he’s consistently struggled with throughout his career.

lefties are striking out ~31% of the time against him this year. his career average against all hitters is ~22%. 

the addition of the cutter also improved his pitch type probability  percentile from 37 to 68. this metric basically measures how hard it is for hitters to recognize pitches coming from a pitcher.

it’s worth checking out the fangraphs which has some great graphics including his movement profile, an illustration of the power of his league average cutter vs lefties, and other assorted data.

logan webb is a rare breed of old school pitchers who beat hitters with deception, movement, and control/command. 

this year may be his year to win a cy young. a big part of that is because he added a league-average cutter to arsenal. despite being average, its been wildly effective at improving his splits against lefties, an area where he’s consistently struggled with throughout his career.

lefties are striking out ~31% of the time against him this year. his career average against all hitters is ~22%. 

the addition of the cutter also improved his pitch type probability  percentile from 37 to 68. this metric basically measures how hard it is for hitters to recognize pitches coming from a pitcher.

it’s worth checking out the fangraphs which has some great graphics including his movement profile, an illustration of the power of his league average cutter vs lefties, and other assorted data. 

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/world-wide-webb/