Ohio’s own (I’m from Cleveland), Andy Sonnanstine hails from Barberton and attended college at Kent State University. Though Sonnanstine posted a 5.85 ERA last year and currently has a 4.53 ERA, his Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) stats are 4.26 and 3.89, respectively. That indicates he is the recipient of some poor defense behind him and is simply getting unlucky instead of him being a subpar pitcher.
Sonnanstine throws a ton of different pitches for strikes. Here’s his 2007 Pitch f/x data, courtesy of Josh Kalk’s site :
type
Speed (MPH)
Break x (inches)
Break z (inches)
Balls
Strikes Called
Strikes Swinging
Foul/Foul tip
In play outs
Singles
Doubles
Triples
Home Runs
Fastball
87.93
0.33
8
135
101
32
72
55
17
6
0
2
Curveball
72.64
10.74
-1.67
27
7
9
4
6
1
1
0
0
Slider
77.71
7.61
0.49
41
19
26
25
25
7
5
0
2
Change
81.39
-7.12
4.39
23
9
7
4
10
1
0
0
2
Cutter
87.73
-6.86
5.35
53
27
9
26
14
8
3
0
0
Splitter
81.46
5.27
7.94
23
10
3
18
5
3
1
0
1
If that doesn’t get you excited, I don’t know what will. Read on!
Sonnanstine’s peripherals are great, for the most part. He walks less than 2 batters per game, allows less than 1 home run per game, but his strikeout rate is below 5. Regardless, hi ...
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Ohio’s own (I’m from Cleveland), Andy Sonnanstine hails from Barberton and attended college at Kent State University. Though Sonnanstine posted a 5.85 ERA last year and currently has a 4.53 ERA, his Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) stats are 4.26 and 3.89, respectively. That indicates he is the recipient of some poor defense behind him and is simply getting unlucky instead of him being a subpar pitcher.
Sonnanstine throws a ton of different pitches for strikes. Here’s his 2007 Pitch f/x data, courtesy of Josh Kalk’s site :
type
Speed (MPH)
Break x (inches)
Break z (inches)
Balls
Strikes Called
Strikes Swinging
Foul/Foul tip
In play outs
Singles
Doubles
Triples
Home Runs
Fastball
87.93
0.33
8
135
101
32
72
55
17
6
0
2
Curveball
72.64
10.74
-1.67
27
7
9
4
6
1
1
0
0
Slider
77.71
7.61
0.49
41
19
26
25
25
7
5
0
2
Change
81.39
-7.12
4.39
23
9
7
4
10
1
0
0
2
Cutter
87.73
-6.86
5.35
53
27
9
26
14
8
3
0
0
Splitter
81.46
5.27
7.94
23
10
3
18
5
3
1
0
1
If that doesn’t get you excited, I don’t know what will. Read on!
Sonnanstine’s peripherals are great, for the most part. He walks less than 2 batters per game, allows less than 1 home run per game, but his strikeout rate is below 5. Regardless, hi ...