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League Trends

Rolling MLB pitch usage and production trends from The SABRhood league movement desk.

League movement desk

Watch baseball change shape

Rolling pitch choices and production rates reveal the league-wide adjustments that one-day leaderboards cannot show.

League movement desk

What MLB is becoming, one rolling window at a time

Fourteen-day windows soften one-night noise while keeping the movement close enough to the field to become a story.

  1. Splitter+1.1 ppversus 28 days earlier
  2. Curveball-0.9 ppversus 28 days earlier
  3. Sinker-0.8 ppversus 28 days earlier
  4. Sweeper-0.6 ppversus 28 days earlier
  5. Slider-0.6 ppversus 28 days earlier
Small-multiple line charts showing rolling MLB pitch-type usage.
League trends

League Pitch Usage Trends

Fourteen-day rolling pitch-type usage reveals how MLB’s collective arsenal is changing.

Fourteen-day rolling league pitch usage through the current PBP date.Download PNG
Small-multiple line charts showing indexed rolling MLB production rates.
League trends

League Production Trends

League production rates show when the run environment, contact, and plate discipline are moving together.

Fourteen-day rolling league production through the current PBP date.Download PNG
Trend boundaryThese are descriptive league rates through July 25, 2026 . Schedule mix, weather, park distribution, and rule changes can move the league line; the graphic identifies the question before the reporting explains it.

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