In continuation of the trend I noticed this weekend, Wieters continues to have "noisy" glovework. He is inconsistent in presenting a clear target to his pitcher (the easily visible brown interior of his glove, as opposed to the black exterior, which blends with his chestguard); often this includes rapidly twisting his wrist, flipping his glove between open and closed, front and back presented to the pitcher. He also presents the backside of his glove in a different location than he seems to want the pitch. Finally, he has quite a bit of glove movement upon receiving the pitch. I know that this was something that the team worked on with him when he was first drafted and called up. Perhaps he could use a refresher course.
Click through the jump for the game-by-game.
May 14, 2013: Baltimore Orioles - 2, San Diego Padres - 3
Tillman worked hard through the first few innings, running up multiple 20+ pitch innings. He wasn't helped by several strikes being called balls. That being said, he settled down, as did the strikezone, which ended up at about the season average for correct calls and was split evenly in calls favoring each team with 8 for the Orioles and 9 for the Padres. It was a slightly tight zone, with 81.82% of Rzone strikes called strikes, compared to the season average of 84.67%. Welke did improve his correct call rate from 85.79% in his first game behind the plate for the Orioles (Apr 21 vs. Dodgers) to 87.22%.
| Umpire | Real | % of Total |
% of Chances |
Typical | % of Total |
% of Chances |
| Correct Calls | 116 | 87.22% | 116 | 87.22% | ||
| Incorrect Calls | 17 | 12.78% | 17 | 12.78% | ||
| Balls Called Balls | 80 | 60.15% | 89.89% | 72 | 54.14% | 98.63% |
| Strikes Called Strikes | 36 | 27.07% | 81.82% | 44 | 33.08% | 73.33% |
| Strikes Called Balls | 8 | 6.02% | 18.18% | 16 | 12.03% | 26.67% |
| Balls Called Strikes | 9 | 6.77% | 10.11% | 1 | 0.75% | 1.37% |
| Borderline - Balls | 23 | 17.29% | 54.76% | |||
| Borderline - Strikes | 19 | 14.29% | 45.24% | |||
| Baltimore Orioles | Real | % of Team |
% of Chances |
Typical | % of Team |
% of Chances |
| Ball Called Ball | 36 | 57.14% | 87.80% | 32 | 50.79% | 96.97% |
| Strike Called Strike | 17 | 26.98% | 77.27% | 21 | 33.33% | 70.00% |
| Strike Called Ball | 5 | 7.94% | 22.73% | 9 | 14.29% | 30.00% |
| Ball Called Strike | 5 | 7.94% | 12.20% | 1 | 1.59% | 3.03% |
| Borderline Pitches | 40 | 28.78% | ||||
| Borderline - Balls | 13 | 52.00% | ||||
| Borderline - Strikes | 12 | 48.00% | ||||
| Calls in Favor | 8 | 6.02% | 8 | 6.02% | ||
| Calls Against | 9 | 6.77% | 9 | 6.77% | ||
| San Diego Padres | Real | % of Team |
% of Chances |
Typical | % of Team |
% of Chances |
| Ball Called Ball | 44 | 62.86% | 91.67% | 40 | 57.14% | 100.00% |
| Strike Called Strike | 19 | 27.14% | 86.36% | 23 | 32.86% | 76.67% |
| Strike Called Ball | 3 | 4.29% | 13.64% | 7 | 10.00% | 23.33% |
| Ball Called Strike | 4 | 5.71% | 8.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Borderline Pitches | 33 | 32.26% | ||||
| Borderline - Balls | 10 | 58.82% | ||||
| Borderline - Strikes | 7 | 41.18% | ||||
| Calls in Favor | 9 | 6.77% | 9 | 6.77% | ||
| Calls Against | 8 | 6.02% | 8 | 6.02% |
May 15, 2013: Baltimore Orioles - 4, San Diego Padres - 8
This is one of the games where the data, the strikezone plot, and what actually occurred can be tough to reconcile. A day game meant that I was unable to see how the zone was affecting the game. The strikezone plot shows a few egregiously wrong calls by the umpire. However, the overall 93.06% correct call rate was one of the best by an umpire this season.
Here's what I noticed about the strikezone plot.
- The green square (i.e. a called ball thrown by a Baltimore pitcher) located well within the Rzone against a LHB was on a 3 ball, 1 strike count to Everth Cabrera. It was the last pitch that Freddy Garcia threw on the day and he had not been particularly sharp. TJ McFarland came into the game and gave up a double to the first batter he faced, allowing Amarista on second to score. Cabrera did not come around to score, as he was stranded on 3rd. However, it would seem that this missed pitch changed the course of that inning.
- The first was on the second pitch to Nate McLouth in the first and was nearly 6" off the plate. Instead of a 2 - 0 count, it was 1 - 1. McLouth lined out to SS.
- The second was to Manny Machado in the following at bat and was just 1'5.64" above the ground to a 6'2" batter, making it at least 3" below the zone. Instead of a 1 - 1 count, it was 0 - 2. Machado singled to CF.
- The third was to Matt Wieters in the 6th and was Marquis' last batter of the game. The pitch was nearly 5" off the plate. Instead of a 1 - 0 count, it was 0 - 1. Wieters did end up drawing a walk.
I don't know exactly what affect those four pitches had on the game. For the Garcia pitch, the inning was quite possibly extended. For the McLouth and Machado pitches, the batter was put into less favorable counts and perhaps, instead of being able to drive a pitch solidly, resulted in the batter having to change his approach. The Wieters pitch likely had little effect.
Either way, it's worth noticing these calls. While the Rzone calls in favor / calls against difference for the Orioles was a relatively insignificant 5 to 7, the Tzone 5 to 13 is troubling.
| Umpire | Real | % of Total |
% of Chances |
Typical | % of Total |
% of Chances |
| Correct Calls | 161 | 93.06% | 155 | 89.60% | ||
| Incorrect Calls | 12 | 6.94% | 18 | 10.40% | ||
| Balls Called Balls | 122 | 70.52% | 92.42% | 109 | 63.01% | 97.32% |
| Strikes Called Strikes | 39 | 22.54% | 95.12% | 46 | 26.59% | 75.41% |
| Strikes Called Balls | 2 | 1.16% | 4.88% | 15 | 8.67% | 24.59% |
| Balls Called Strikes | 10 | 5.78% | 7.58% | 3 | 1.73% | 2.68% |
| Borderline - Balls | 21 | 12.14% | 61.76% | |||
| Borderline - Strikes | 13 | 7.51% | 38.24% | |||
| Baltimore Orioles | Real | % of Team |
% of Chances |
Typical | % of Team |
% of Chances |
| Ball Called Ball | 62 | 72.94% | 92.54% | 54 | 63.53% | 100.00% |
| Strike Called Strike | 16 | 18.82% | 88.89% | 21 | 24.71% | 67.74% |
| Strike Called Ball | 2 | 2.35% | 11.11% | 10 | 11.76% | 32.26% |
| Ball Called Strike | 5 | 5.88% | 7.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Borderline Pitches | 36 | 20.93% | ||||
| Borderline - Balls | 11 | 78.57% | ||||
| Borderline - Strikes | 3 | 21.43% | ||||
| Calls in Favor | 5 | 2.89% | 5 | 2.89% | ||
| Calls Against | 7 | 4.05% | 13 | 7.51% | ||
| San Diego Padres | Real | % of Team |
% of Chances |
Typical | % of Team |
% of Chances |
| Ball Called Ball | 60 | 68.18% | 92.31% | 55 | 62.50% | 94.83% |
| Strike Called Strike | 23 | 26.14% | 100.00% | 25 | 28.41% | 83.33% |
| Strike Called Ball | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 5 | 5.68% | 16.67% |
| Ball Called Strike | 5 | 5.68% | 7.69% | 3 | 3.41% | 5.17% |
| Borderline Pitches | 31 | 24.49% | ||||
| Borderline - Balls | 10 | 50.00% | ||||
| Borderline - Strikes | 10 | 50.00% | ||||
| Calls in Favor | 7 | 4.05% | 13 | 7.51% | ||
| Calls Against | 5 | 2.89% | 5 | 2.89% |
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