Juan Carlos Sulbaran pitched Sunday night against the USA in the World Baseball Classic. Here is what the Pitch F/X camera’s tell us about the young 19 year old pitcher that the Reds paid either $450,000 or $500,000 to sign last year in the 30th round.
Juan Carlos Sulbaran Movement by pitch
His fastball is getting some very good movement on it. His curveball also has some strong movement on it.
Juan Carlos Sulbaran Velocity by pitch
His fastball topped out at 91.4 MPH and got as low as 88 MPH. His change up was a strong 8-10 MPH below that speed and his curveball was in the mid 70’s.
Juan Carlos Sulbaran’s release point by pitch
His release point was all within 5 inches in height of eachother, which is normal and good. All of his pitches were coming out of the same spot, so he wasn’t tipping anything with the release of the pitch.
Juan Carlos Sulbaran and the strikezone
Sulbaran was outside of the zone quite a bit and the only two swings and misses he had we out of the zone. When he left the ball in the middle of the zone, he got hit pretty hard.
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