FanPitch Companion
A live MLB game companion for casual fans that translates Statcast-era analytics into plain-English storylines during every at-bat, so you know why a pitcher just abandoned the fastball or what makes a 1.62 ERA genuinely scary before first pitch.
Casual MLB fans who love the game but feel lost in today's analytics-heavy broadcasts
- Plain-English pitcher profile card before each start covering strengths, recent form, and tendencies
- Live 'what just happened' popups explaining unusual pitch sequences, defensive shifts, or velocity spikes
- Three-game series storyline tracker so you remember the thread from Monday through Wednesday
- Friendly 'scout's-eye' preview of opposing starters like Peralta before every matchup
Marquee pitching duels like Misiorowski vs Peralta draw casual viewers who face more advanced stats on the broadcast than ever — and they want a tour guide, not a stats textbook they have to decode.
Real pain point documented (casual fans confused by Statcast-heavy broadcasts), but MLB itself just launched a native solution and Baseball Savant already serves the curious fan — demand gets addressed in the official app rather than a third-party tool.Baseball Commentary Evolution: From Radio to Statcast ↗MLB App | MLB.com ↗
MLB + Google Cloud launched 'Scout Insights' on March 23, 2026 — literally the same product (Gemini AI translates Statcast data into narrative context at key in-game moments), built directly into the official MLB Gameday experience with embedded engineering teams. A standalone companion has near-zero whitespace against a free, league-owned feature.MLB, Google Cloud Debut AI-Powered, Real-Time Game Analysis With 'Scout Insights' in MLB Gameday ↗MLB Scout Insights powered by Google Cloud in Gameday ↗
MLB.TV proves fans pay (~$139.99/yr for premium baseball), but FanPitch must charge against a free native MLB feature and existing Baseball Savant; converting casual fans to a paid subscription for analytics translation is a tough sell.MLB.TV price drop May 2025 ↗MLB.TV Out-of-Market Packages | Buy MLB.TV ↗
Statcast/analytics era is entrenched and growing — the 'surprisal' metric Google Cloud built shows the problem is permanent. But MLB owns the distribution, so a third party risks being squeezed out as the league expands its own AI features.MLB, Google Cloud Debut AI-Powered, Real-Time Game Analysis With 'Scout Insights' in MLB Gameday ↗
LLM-driven narrative generation is technically straightforward, but achieving live latency for every at-bat requires real-time Statcast feed access — MLB's official Gameday pipeline (built with embedded Google engineers) is hard to replicate independently.MLB, Google Cloud Debut AI-Powered, Real-Time Game Analysis With 'Scout Insights' in MLB Gameday ↗