Some other writers have done good work on pitch selection (here and here). I will not do anything that nice, but I will at least make the numbers know for all the 2010 starters (I will do Meche with the relievers) and the possible ones for 2011. The counts are listed from the most pitcher friendly to the most hitter friendly. I will put out all the graphs and then have my conclusions at the end (key at the end of images)
Pitch Types Key
FA Fastball
FF 4-seam Fastball
FT 2-seam Fastball
FC Cut Fastball
FS Split-finger Fastball
SI Sinker
SL Slider
CU Curveball
KC Knuckle Curve
EP Ephuus
CH Change-up
SC Screwball
KN Knuckleball
UN Unknown
Conclusions
- Once Greinke gets 2 strikes on a player, look out for the slider, even if the count is 3-2.
- Bruce Chen threw a ton of junk (6 different pitches).
- Davies loves his fastball
- Mazzaro only has three pitches.
Those are the only points I can think of for now, I will look some more and see what sticks out.