A compilation of pitches that has actually risen (positive VAA) since the Statcast era. 🛫 (Tyler Rogers has done it 26 times, so I'll only show one of his) But I'm interested in how close pitchers have gotten to positive while actually yielding strikes. 🤔 A thread 🧵 1/
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Before we dive in, I think It's really interesting that one positive VAA pitch actually yielded a strike. 🤯 Kazuhisa Makita snagged a foul ball off of a pitch with a 0.02° VAA. Not sure if it's more impressive for Jon Jay or Makita. 😂 2/