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<\/p>\nBrayan Bello #66 of the Boston Red Sox pitches in the first inning of their MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 25, 2025, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Bello is ranked as having the fourth-best command over his pitches in Major League Baseball, according to Infinite Sky, a Boston start-up that analyzes pitchers.\u00a0(Photo by Cole Burston\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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As Major League Baseball barrels toward the World Series later this month, one Massachusetts startup has been rooting for the teams using its technology.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2021, Infinite Sky<\/a> uses artificial intelligence to analyze video from baseball games to determine which pitchers have the best command of which pitches. <\/p>\n The data can be helpful to teams in recruiting, deciding how much to pay for a given pitcher and determining which pitches to throw to a specific batter, Ken Lazarus, the company\u2019s CEO, said. <\/p>\n He also believes the data could be helpful to fans playing in fantasy leagues \u2014 or betting on the outcome of games.<\/p>\n The startup is still small \u2014 about 10 employees, split between Boston and New York. It has raised several million dollars in early funding, though Lazarus didn\u2019t want to be more specific. The company hopes to raise additional money later this year or early in 2026. <\/p>\n It recently added several MLB veterans to its advisory board, including former Red Sox starting pitcher Rich Hill and Pittsburgh Pirates closer Mark Melancon, a four-time All-Star. <\/p>\n Lazarus said that, unlike other systems that need several cameras around the field to track the action, Infinite Sky can do it with just one. That makes it less expensive to use, even at college or high school fields, he said. <\/p>\n The startup\u2019s software looks at the movement of the pitcher, the glove placement of the catcher, the number of players on base, and \u201cmakes a prediction about where the pitcher\u2019s target is,\u201d Lazarus said. It compares the pitch\u2019s starting point with its final position to calculate how much control the pitcher has. <\/p>\n The company doesn\u2019t yet analyze the videos in real time as a game is playing out; instead, it processes them overnight.<\/p>\n Its top three pitchers on the leaderboard<\/a> for best command this season: Angel Zerpa from the Kansas City Royals, Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers and Zack Wheeler from the Philadelphia Phillies. (Brayan Bello from the Red Sox showed up in fourth place.)<\/p>\n One way Lazarus said the company\u2019s data could be used is in analyzing what to pay for a given pitcher. <\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking at \u201ctwo expensive players with the same ERA, everyone knows velocity drops with age,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can show command doesn\u2019t. So if you\u2019re going to spend $300 million, you should get the player with better command.\u201d <\/p>\n Infinite Sky introduced its technology to the league at last December\u2019s Winter Meetings. Lazarus said \u201ca handful of teams\u201d have adopted it this season, though he isn\u2019t allowed to name them. <\/p>\n Next up for the company: analyzing a pitcher\u2019s push-off force from the mound, as well as how batters connect with a pitch.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile the MLB stadiums have equipment for motion analysis, today\u2019s systems don\u2019t provide reliable [data about] forces and torques,\u201d said Lazarus, adding that \u201canalyzing and improving the torque sequence of a batter could significantly improve batting performance.\u201d<\/p>\n After that, Lazarus said the company may move into analyzing golf, tennis or basketball.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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