Kyle Bradish has quickly improved his results by adjusting his pitch frequencies and spin rates. His metrics on the new Stuff+/Location+/Pitching+ FanGraphs models have also improved.

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1. Quick additional note: removed his first start this year since he was injured in the 2nd inning.

   Bradish now ranks [quite highly](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=sta&lg=all&qual=80&type=36&season=2023&month=0&season1=2023&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2023-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31&sort=13,d) on the new FanGraphs + pitch models… I’m not an expert on these models, but blind trust leads me to believe this is quite good. Here’s [a primer](https://library.fangraphs.com/pitching/stuff-location-and-pitching-primer/) on the new models, but would love to hear from any experts exactly what these numbers mean. To my untrained eye it looks like he’s improved his stuff by adjusting spin rates and also throwing more breaking pitches, without sacrificing any loss in control (has actually improved his Location+ also).

   Also, thanks to u/dreddnought for giving me the idea to look into this from [this post.](https://www.reddit.com/r/orioles/comments/14gfnng/forget_about_the_heater_kyle_give_him_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)