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<blockquote data-quote="gtbeak" data-source="post: 1164134" data-attributes="member: 3164">I read an article in The Athletic in the pre-season where they interviewed a panel of about 10 college coaches asking them (among other things) what is the main thing you look at when evaluating a player, and %Strike was the most common answer for evaluating pitchers. The common answer was &quot;of course we look at velocity, but velocity with a large percentage out of the zone is not useful&quot;. And you are correct that a pitcher can throw too many strikes. I can&#039;t say I&#039;ve seen that at the college level, but I&#039;ve seen a few examples at the MLB level where a pitcher had to consciously throw fewer strikes.For completeness, the most common answer about evaluating hitters was In-Zone Contact Rate. That data is nigh unto impossible to find for college hitters, but one of the panelists mentioned that Jarren Advincula&#039;s In-Zone Contact Rate was &gt;95% last season. IOW, if he swings at a strike, he&#039;s going to make contact. The panelists also mentioned that you need to see damage done on those pitches in the zone (IZSLG), so there is that caveat that you can&#039;t achieve high IZCR just by being a slappy hitter who hits a bunch of weak ground balls.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gtbeak, post: 1164134, member: 3164"] I read an article in The Athletic in the pre-season where they interviewed a panel of about 10 college coaches asking them (among other things) what is the main thing you look at when evaluating a player, and %Strike was the most common answer for evaluating pitchers. The common answer was "of course we look at velocity, but velocity with a large percentage out of the zone is not useful". And you are correct that a pitcher can throw too many strikes. I can't say I've seen that at the college level, but I've seen a few examples at the MLB level where a pitcher had to consciously throw fewer strikes. For completeness, the most common answer about evaluating hitters was In-Zone Contact Rate. That data is nigh unto impossible to find for college hitters, but one of the panelists mentioned that Jarren Advincula's In-Zone Contact Rate was >95% last season. IOW, if he swings at a strike, he's going to make contact. The panelists also mentioned that you need to see damage done on those pitches in the zone (IZSLG), so there is that caveat that you can't achieve high IZCR just by being a slappy hitter who hits a bunch of weak ground balls. [/QUOTE]

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