Our starting pitcher aims to inform pitch selection and location based on run value and an expanded heat map for situational pitching, but it did not work due to the randomness of baseball and complexity of the data. To address this, they narrowed the focus while keeping the heat map, situational filtering, and wOBA metric, focusing on actionability. The new tool analyzes pitches based on outcome to identify a pitcher's best weapon and who they struggle against and why.

3. Our starting pitcher
• Inform pitch selection and
location based on Run Value
• An “expanded” heat map for
situational pitching

4. Run Value (wOBA)

5. Run Value (wOBA)

6. Why it didn’t work
• Randomness of baseball
• Complexity of data (not easy
to view)

7. Call to the bullpen
• Narrow the focus while
maintaining meaning
• We kept heat map,
situational filtering and
wOBA metric
• Focus: Actionability

8. The “Stuff”
• What is a pitcher’s best
weapon?
• Who does he have the most
trouble with? Why?
• Analyze pitch based on
outcome

9. Thanks!

10. Demo