Corbin Young

1 week ago | baseballhq.com | Corbin Young |Tanner Smith

Carlos Rodón introduces sinkerWhen facing left-handed hitters in 2024, Carlos Rodón (LHP, NYY) largely threw his four-seam fastball and slider while sprinkling in a curveball and a cutter to lefties. In 2025, he is throwing a three-pitch mix to LHH. (shown in the graph below)While still relying up on his slider and fastball equally against LHH, he is throwing a sinker (25.6% usage) as a third pitch to LHH. What is his sinker's movement profile?

3 weeks ago | corbinyoung.substack.com | Corbin Young

Noah Cameron threw six scoreless innings against the Cardinals. He leaned on his slider (25% SwK) to lead his arsenal in whiffs, which he tossed 2.5 mph harder on Thursday. There's a chance Cameron's slider and cutter merged on Thursday, and it could be a pitch classification issue. However, Cameron generated whiffs via his harder slider low and inside to RHH.

3 weeks ago | baseballhq.com | Corbin Young |Tanner Smith

Freddy Peralta's Horizontal Release Point ChangedPeralta maintained a slightly higher vertical release point in 2024 and 2025. However, his horizontal release point moved over eight inches away from his midline. The release point changes should theoretically impact Peralta's pitch movement profiles, resulting in a significant change in 2025. Over the past two seasons, Peralta raised his vertical release by nearly 3-4 inches when compared to 2021 through 2023.

3 weeks ago | baseballhq.com | Corbin Young |Brian Rudd |Robert Berger

Plate Discipline and Batted Ball ApproachLars Nootbaar (OF, STL) battled injuries (back, thumb, rib, and oblique), causing him to miss around 50 days per season over the past two years (2023-2024). Nootbaar's skills teased us with the plate discipline and power, though the volume wasn't there. If healthy, we should see career-best counting stats across the board.

3 weeks ago | rotoballer.com | Corbin Young

Corbin Young examines several fantasy baseball pitcher risers and sleepers displaying changes in their pitch mix, movement, and velocity heading into Week 11 (2025). In This Article hide Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series for Week 11 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. We researched 30 starting pitchers so far, with three more in this column, all of whom were consistent veterans with ace-like outcomes.