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Apr 19, 2023 · If the most recent trend was "elevated, high-spin four-seam fastballs," the current one is the extreme horizontal sideways sweep of breaking balls. Just look at how many sliders have more than 12 inches of break, towards a pitcher's glove side.
- Mike Petriello
Apr 25, 2023 · Move over slider, curve, slurve and screwball, there’s a new (ish) breaking ball that’s all the rage in MLB: the sweeper. Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani uses it, as do Padres starter Yu Darvish, Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes and dozens of other pitchers. Shohei Ohtani's Ridiculous Sweepers (up to 20" of horizontal break) 😲 pic.twitter.com/BndlZU27gs.
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A sweeper is a variant of a slider that has become popular in the Major Leagues over the last few seasons. The main characteristic of a sweeper is a large amount of horizontal movement, as opposed to a traditional slider, which has "tighter" break. A sweeper tends to be thrown slower than a traditional slider, which gives it more time to "sweep" ac...
There's more than one way to throw a sweeper, but the pitch tends to be thrown either with side-spin (with the pitcher "getting around" the baseball) or with a two-seam grip. The orientation of the seams in a sweeper grip can make the baseball move a larger amount horizontally than the hitter expects due to a concept known as "seam-shifted wake," w...
The sweeper is still a relatively new pitch, with more and more pitchers starting to throw it. Though pitchers like Adam Ottavino and Yu Darvish have been throwing sweeping sliders for years, the sweeper first became trendy as its own pitch type from late 2021 into early 2022, when it was popularized by teams like the Dodgers and Yankees and other ...
Apr 25, 2023 · Move over slider, curve, slurve and screwball, there's a new (ish) breaking ball that's all the rage in MLB: the sweeper. Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani uses it, as does Padres starter Yu...
Apr 25, 2023 · Move over slider, curve, slurve and screwball, there’s a new (ish) breaking ball that’s all the rage in MLB: the sweeper. Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani uses it, as do Padres starter Yu Darvish,...
Apr 25, 2023 · Move over slider, curve, slurve and screwball, there's a new (ish) breaking ball that's all the rage in MLB: the sweeper. Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani uses it, as does Padres starter Yu...
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Apr 25, 2023 · Move over slider, curve, slurve and screwball, there's a new (ish) breaking ball that's all the rage in MLB: the sweeper. Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani uses it, as do Padres starter Yu Darvish,...
