I have a new article that examines this very topic over at Fantasy Baseball Strategy and I found a few interesting differences.

1. The first one may not be that surprising but elite pitchers have a higher avereage velocity than other groups of pitchers which carries over to the off-speed and breaking pitches as well.
2. The movement on the elite pitches are greater, in some case much greater, movement

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Teixeira on the Move Again

It seems like every time I write something here, it happens to be on the same day as a major trade. Today’s move was the biggest and most impactful one so far this year. The Angels get Mark Teixeira in return for Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Steve Marek. This marks the second straight year big Tex has…
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His fantasy demise was written in the first two weeks of the season, but now C.C. Sabathia is making all of you without patience with their stars pay for your quick hooks. Sabathia threw an absolute gem tonight, a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts. That is now four of his last five starts that he has allowed one…
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Felix vs. Mussina Saturday night, it’s a no brainer, right? Put it in the win column for the Mariners. Ahh, not so fast. Mike Mussina has put together three consecutive good starts, and beat King Felix and the Mariners 6-1 as Hernandez struggled mightily. Felix had his worst outing of the season, as he needed 105 pitches to get…
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