Phil Hughes' Cutter (Part Two)

Phil Hughes' Cutter vs. LHB

	AVG	SLG	wOBA
April - May	.185	.407	.331
June - July	.381	.667	.441
August - October	.250	.500	.344

Phil Hughes' Cutter vs. RHB

	AVG	SLG	wOBA
April - May	.225	.275	.232
June - July	.444	.778	.530
August - October	.316	.632	.411

Phil Hughes' Cutter - April-May
Phil Hughes' Cutter - June-July
Phil Hughes' Cutter - August-October 2nd
Since his performance numbers are based on plate appearances decided on a cutter, we're working with a relatively small sample size, especially when looking at splits.

Nonetheless, when viewed with his overall pitch frequency, two things stood out to me. First, against RHB in June and July, Hughes kept the cutter down more, and apparently this got him into more trouble. Second, Hughes avoided throwing the cutter in to lefties in June and July. However, when I split the map in half, I found he got hit harder when throwing the pitch inside during that period (.385 SLG% on the outer half compared to 1.125 SLG% on the inner half). As noted in the previous post, his cutter had less movement in June and July. This is pure speculation, but if Hughes knew he wasn't getting as much cut on that pitch, he may have avoided throwing it in to lefties.