Can This Pitching Machine SAVE MLB Hitters?
Trajekt is an engineering marvel that might be able to save MLB hitters.
It's a pitching machine that can do something no pitching machine has done before -- throw gyrospin, a fundamental element of sliders.
Now just under a third of the league has access to one. Let's examine why gyrospin is so important, the impact Trajekt has had (if any), whether it can save hitters from ever-evolving pitchers, and a crazy idea on how to use it.
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Alden Gonzalez's piece in ESPN on Trajekt can be found here: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/4...
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Video and images: MLB, ESPN, Kyle Boddy (X account), Associated Press, Trajekt
0:00 MLB Hitters Are Struggling
1:00 What is "Gyrospin"?
2:37 Trajekt is Taking Over MLB
3:50 Trajekt Circumvents MLB's Tech Policy
4:51 Can the Third-Time-Through Penalty Be Solved?
5:55 Is There Data to Support Trajekt's Effectiveness?
7:03 What's Causing Slow Adaptation?
8:11 One Crazy Idea on How to Use Trajekt
9:19 Closing Thoughts