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How do you judge the quality of a pitch?Not by velocity alone. Yankees right-hander Nathan Eovaldi owns the second-fastest fastball among starting pitchers this year, yet his fastball wouldnt make anyones top-five list. And Royals starter Yordano Ventura?has?been struggling quite a lot for a guy with easy 95 mph cheese.Not by movement alone, either. Rangers lefty Martin Perez has a sinker in the top five in horizontal movement, Mariners veteran Hisashi Iwakuma has a show-me curve he sometimes breaks out that has top-10 horizontal movement, and Joe Ross changeup has top-five horizontal movement for a right-handed change (though he rarely throws it). These all might be OK pitches, but they arent league-leading pitches.The best researchers of our time are throwing complicated stats -- spin rates and velocity differentials, among others -- into the machine to try to better their ratings of pitches. While their work continues, theres an easy way to look at pitches right now: results.Not results on balls in play, which are subject to the whims of the odd glove, the unraked infield or the weird bounce. Lets instead look at the pitches that best get whiffs and also grounders. One gets you closer to a strikeout, and the other limits damage on balls in play. My research has suggested that whiffs are about twice as important as grounders, so the basic formula for pitch quality here is two times relative whiff quality plus one time relative grounder quality. Using Z-scores, we can sum these up, while limiting our finalists to pitches thrown at least 150 times so far this year.Back in January, I ranked the top pitches in baseball in 2015, with Zach Brittons sinker topping the list. Now its time for a 2016 midseason update. First, here are the top 10 overall: Dave Pacella Jersey Store . Batiste, who briefly signed with the Eskimos in 2006, has spent time with several NFL teams including the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. Cairo Santos Jersey Store .4 million title. Ryan Riess emerged with the title after a session in which he started behind, but used expert skill to gather the chips to his side amid the unpredictability of no-limit Texas Hold em. Riess put his final opponent Jay Farber all-in with an Ace-King. https://www.chinacheapjerseys.net/larry-jordan-jersey-store/ . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. Frank Nesser Jersey Store . - The Washington Redskins have cut defensive lineman Adam Carriker and punter Sav Rocca. Cedric Killings Jersey Store . The All-Pro lineman got the leg bent under him while trying to make a tackle during the first half of a 22-20 overtime loss at Miami on Thursday night. The medical staff initially thought hed torn the ligament, and the test a day later in Cincinnati confirmed it. LAKE FOREST, Ill. --- Chicago Bears Pro Bowl guard Kyle Long was placed on injured reserve on Tuesday with a right ankle injury, the team announced.Long was injured on a second-and-goal play from the 7-yard line when quarterback Jay Cutler pitched the ball to fullback Paul Lasike, who ran up the middle for a short 3-yard gain, in Chicagos 36-10 loss to Tampa Bay last Sunday.Long did not get up after the play as trainers and doctors rushed onto the field. Chicagos medical staff eventually put a brace on Longs right leg before placing him on the cart. Several of Longs teammates attempted to encourage and console him before he went back to the locker room.Its tough, said Cutler. He has had a bunch of injuries to one side of his body and now the lower half takes a hit too. Hes going to be a hard guy to replace.A three-time Pro Bowl selection, Long had played injured all year. He tore his left labrum in the preseason, and then he suffered a trriceps strain that kept him out of the Bears Week 8 victory over Minnesota.ddddddddddddOne of Chicagos team leaders, Long signed a lucrative four-year contract extension prior to the beginning of the regular season.Long is one of only seven Bears players to earn Pro Bowl nods in each of his first three professional seasons, a list that includes Hall of Famers Dick Butkus, Mike Ditka and Gayle Sayers.The Bears also activated wide receiver Marquess Wilson from the physically unable to perform list, signed defensive lineman C.J. Wilson and offensive lineman Cornelius Edison, and placed defensive lineman Will Sutton on injured reserve.Wilson is one of Chicagos receivers tabbed to replace Alshon Jeffery, who received a four-game suspension on Monday for violating the NFLs policy on performance-enhancing substances. ' ' '