Strike one has been the most important factor for pitchers seemingly since the beginning of time. So far in 2013 Major League Baseball pitchers have allowed a .224/.264/.341 slash line after a 0-1 count. Furthermore, pitchers have a strikeout to walk ratio of 6.36 after an 0-1 count. After 1-0

Lately I’ve been talking a lot about a recent study by Baseball Prospectus’ Russell Carleton in which he establishes the point at which certain statistics stabilize. I’ve been using it to look at the statistics that have passed their stabilization point already this season to identify some guys who have