SultanofSwat posted:How many pitchers practice throwing waste pitches?
Define a waste pitch. Are all 0-2 balls a waste pitch? How many times have we seen 0-2 pitches out of the zone swung at and missed for strike 3? Is that a waste pitch?
No pitcher purposely throws the ball 3 ft out of the zone. These are simply bad pitches.
I don't consider an 0-2 pitch thrown just off the edge of the zone a waste pitch.