Explaining the sweeper, the latest pitching trend in MLB
Apr 19, 2023 · The slider, or the sweeper, or whatever label you want to put on a pitch with this much movement, is what pitchers are choosing to pair with ever-higher velocity to get the best hitters in the world out. It's the latest trend -- and you know the …
He's throwing a what? The 'sweeper' is MLB's latest pitching weapon
Apr 19, 2022 · The “sweeper” is the newest weapon being deployed against MLB hitters. It is revitalizing the repertoires of some prominent pitchers and could have, um, sweeping implications for the seasons of...
What is a sweeper? A look at the pitch taking over MLB | AP News
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.
What Is a Sweeper? A New Pitch Enters MLB’s Lexicon - The New York Times
Apr 12, 2023 · The sweeper — a horizontal slider — had long been lumped in with other breaking balls. Thanks to a change in the Statcast system, it is suddenly its own thing.
MLB’s trendiest pitch, the sweeper, has its problems — but with ...
Apr 18, 2023 · The sweeper. The slutter. The riding slider. Baseball’s newest pitch has many different names, but mostly one form. It’s a slider that, because of the way the seams are placed, doesn’t drop as...
Shohei Ohtani has baseball's best sweeper - MLB.com
Apr 10, 2023 · As more and more MLB pitchers embrace the big-breaking slider variant -- sweepers, unlike traditional, tighter sliders, are defined by their Frisbee-like horizontal movement -- Ohtani is leading the new wave.
Rays Corey Kluber, the sweeper and the latest MLB pitching trend ...
May 5, 2022 · Slider-curve hybrids have been around for at least 50 years. Corey Kluber won two Cy Youngs with his version of them. So why is the sweeper catching on now?
What is a sweeper? A look at the pitch taking over MLB
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 ...
MLB trends: Why the 'sweeper' is taking over baseball; Luis Robert …
Apr 27, 2022 · The sweeper is just the latest example of weaponized analytics. It's a pitch that technically has been around for decades, but only recently have clubs figured out how to hone it and teach it.
Baseball's hottest pitch? The sweeper, explained | CTV News
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.