Can Pitch FX track the Okie Dokie?
Reader Bill in FLA asked about a few pitcher profiles we could run in Pitch FX, and the first player I thought would be an excellent example of Pitch FX's capabilities and limitations is Hideki Okajima. Part of the limitations of Pitch FX, is that until the technology has a way to verify the exact pitch the pitcher intended to throw, the classification is an approximation of the overall speed, movement, and release points the pitches have. This is also why some pitchers have their pitches classified incorrectly, or in Oki's case, a severe change in classification that was most likely caused by a change in one of those above factors.