A look at Johnny Cueto's big-league debut using PITCHf/x data. http://tinyurl.com/3mon4k Posted by Mike Fast Johnny Cueto is a 22-year-old right-handed pitcher from the famous Dominican baseball city of San Pedro de Macoris. He was signed by the Cincinnati Reds in 2004. He pitched in Rookie ball and A-ball in 2005 and 2006, and in 2007 he shot through the Reds' system, starting 14 games at Sarasota (A-ball), 10 games at Chattanooga (Double-A), and four games at Louisville (Triple-A). Among the three stops in 2007, he compiled a 12-9 record with a 3.07 ERA in 161.1 innings . He allowed 146 hits and 34 walks and recorded 170 strikeouts. Johnny Cueto,這位22歲的小傢伙，是從知名的棒球小鎮San Pedro de Macoris,多明尼加 ,來的。04年的時候被紅人隊簽下。05,06年分別在新人聯盟和低階1A投球，然後在2007年 ，他一路從1A升到3A，累積12-9、ERA:3.07，在161.1局中三振了170人，只投出34次保送 。 This spring, Cueto joined the big-league team for spring training and earned a spot in the major league rotation behind returning anchors Aaron Harang and Bronson Arroyo and alongside newcomers Josh Fogg and Edinson Volquez. For his first major-league start, he faced off Thursday afternoon against the Arizona Diamondbacks and Doug Davis. 今年春天，Cueto獲得春訓的邀請並在輪值圈中掙得了一席之地。他首次的先發是對上響尾 蛇隊的Doug Davis。 His debut performance was stellar. In seven innings of work, he allowed only a single baserunner—a home run by Justin Upton to lead off the sixth inning. He struck out 10 and walked none, and he threw 68 of 92 pitches for strikes. 初登板就讓人眼睛為之一亮。七局三振了10人，只讓一個人上壘—Justin Upton的支全壘 打。 What was Johnny Cueto throwing that so baffled the Diamondbacks? Let's take a look at the PITCHf/x data from the game. Doug Gray of RedsPitchfx.com brought to my attention that the PITCHf/x data collected from this game appears a little skewed. Nonetheless, I believe I was able to properly identify the pitches that Cueto threw. For a good primer on Cueto's stuff, read the scouting report that Kiley McDaniel posted at Saber-Scouting last week. 到底Cueto投的是什麼魔球？我們來看看PITCHf/x這項數據吧。其中雖然是有些誤差，但我 想應該還不至於會影響到我們的判讀。如果想更深入了解Cueto的stuff，這裡有一篇 Kiley McDaniel做的scouting report。（網址：http://tinyurl.com/6kkwms） His main pitch on Thursday was a four-seam fastball running 94-97 mph (48 pitches). He also threw a slider 87-90 mph (20 pitches), a change-up 85-92 mph (16 pitches) and a two-seam fastball 96 mph (one pitch). PITCHf/x data is missing for seven pitches. Against right handers, Cueto relied on mainly on his fastball (64 percent) and his slider (23 percent). Against left handers, he split his pitches between fastball (38 percent), change-up (33 percent) and slider (25 percent). 他的主要球路是94-97的四縫線速球，加上87-90的滑球（20球）、85-92的變速球（16球） 、96的二縫線速球（1球），還有七球沒有紀錄。Cueto以速球和滑球對付右打，以速球、 滑球和變速球對付左打。 Cueto never went to a three-ball count, and he went to 2-0 only three times in 22 hitters. He mixed his pitches fairly well at all counts. He didn't throw his slider when he was behind in the count, but since that only happened eight times , it's hard to say whether that's a real trend. 全場Cueto沒有投到三壞零好過，而且只有三次投到2-0。各種球路混合出現。球速落後時 沒有投過滑球，但這只是一場比賽，還不能確定Cueto的投球有這種傾向。 He got six strikeouts on the fastball, one on the change-up, and one on the slider. The strikeouts of Eric Byrnes and Mark Reynolds in the second inning came on a pitches not recorded by PITCHf/x, but Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic indicated those pitches were a slider and a fastball. Where did Cueto locate his pitches? 他的第三顆好球有六顆是速球，變速球和滑球各一。Eric Byrnes和Mark Reynolds的三振 沒有紀錄，但Nick Piecoro認為那是滑球和速球。 Cueto他是怎麼投球的呢？ Against the left-handed hitters—Orlando Hudson, Stephen Drew and pinch hitter Jeff Salazar—Cueto preferred to throw his four-seam fastball mostly on the inside edge, where he got several foul balls. Hudson put two fastballs into play, one a fly ball to left field and the other a ground ball to first base. Against the right-handed hitters>—Chris Young, Chris Burke, Byrnes, Reynolds, Upton, Robby Hammock and pitcher Davis>—Cueto pounded the zone with his fastball, particularly the outer half of the plate, to very good results. He threw 28 of 39 (72 percent) of his fastballs to right handers for strikes, including an impressive eight swings and misses. Only three right handers put his fastball in play: Robby Hammock flied out to center field, Upton homered to left field, and Byrnes grounded out to the shortstop. 速球： 對於左打，Cueto大多塞內角速球，製造了些界外。Hudson把兩顆速球打進場形成左外野飛 球和一壘滾地。 對於右打，Cueto以速球攻擊好球帶的每一點，特別是在外角，得到了很好的效果。有72趴 的速球是好球，包括了八個揮棒落空。只有三個右打把球打進場內，其中一個是Upton的全 壘打。 Cueto's change-ups to left-handed hitters were mostly out of the zone down or away. Nonetheless, he garnered a couple swinging strikes, fooling Jeff Salazar on back-to-back pitches. Drew drove a change-up to deep left field that was caught by Adam Dunn in the fifth inning. To right-handed hitters, he mostly kept the change-up in lower part of the strike zone. 變速球： Cueto用好球帶之外的變速球來吊左打，造成了些揮棒落空。Drew把一顆變速球打到左外野 深遠處。對付右打，Cueto則能把變速球壓低。 He only threw a few sliders to left-handers, who didn't have much luck with them. To right-handed hitters, he targeted the outside corner with the slider. Right handers managed to put four sliders into play. Chris Burke hit a fly ball to center and popped up to the second baseman, Reynolds lined out to left field , and Hammock grounded back to the pitcher. 滑球： 滑球主要是拿來攻擊右打者的外角。有四位右打把滑球打進場內。Cueto不常用滑球來對付 左打，但效果不錯。 Cueto only threw one two-seam fastball, at least among the pitches for which we have detailed data. It was the first pitch to Hudson in the first inning, and Hudson swung and missed. Cueto只投了一球二縫線速球，結果是Hudson的揮空。 I mentioned some of the pitches put into play by the Diamondbacks against Cueto . Here is the full chart. 這是響尾蛇打者擊球的落點圖； Obviously, Johnny Cueto pitched an excellent game, and Reds fans must be excited about his future. They hope his career will be a long one filled with more excitement, and I hope you enjoyed this quick look into his pitching repertoire. 顯然的，Cueto投了一場好球，所有的紅人迷應該都會感到興奮。他們會期待Cueto有個長 久的大聯盟生涯（麵包師傅不要亂來...），而我希望大家都能對Cueto的投球武器有個更 進一步的認識。 --

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