Sorry for the long layoff - I've been quite busy over the weekend with work and playing baseball myself. (For those who don't know, I am a second baseman and a relief pitcher in a men's amateur league.) In keeping with the lazy theme, I'm going to post a few pieces of data, a video clip, and some charts on Royals' sabermetric-friendly Brian Bannister. I'd like the readers to give their opinions on Bannister's mechanics, Pitch f/x data, and other stats that I have included (as well as others if you'd care to research/include them).

The first piece of data is his Pitch f/x chart:

If you want to refine the Pitch f/x data, go here and filter for more results. That said, here's his fastball chart:

And here's a video of his mechanics with two pauses at/near footstrike:

More stats, courtesy of Fangraphs:

Fire away!