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.

Alexander Smit threw an inning for the Netherlands in todays World Baseball Classic. He walked a batter, struck out no one and allowed no runs. He worked with a fastball and a change up.

He gets very similar movement on both his fastball and his change up, which likely makes his change up quite deceptive.

Smit mostly worked in the mid 80’s and topped out at 89 MPH. Its still March and most guys aren’t at max speeds yet, so take it with a grain of salt.

I will also be working on the layout over the next few days, so if anyone stumbles upon the site, bare with me…. I have a lot on my plate these days but will get this all done.