Posts Tagged ‘sliders’

What Do 868 Sliders Do to a Hitter’s Season?$

Best of BP: The Two Scherzers

Is a pitch still an 80 if you can only use it against half the hitters you face?

Andrés Muñoz is Now Completely Unreal$

Dane Dunning Has Been Quietly Compelling$

The Two ScherzersB

Cold Takes: Yusei Kikuchi and the Value of Movement$

Rubbing Mud: Sliding In and Out of the Strike Zone$

Prospectus Feature: Collin McHugh Has A New Favorite Weapon$

Rubbing Mud: The Slider Revolution Has Spun the Cubs Into the Ground$

Pitching Backward: An Ode to the Slider

Part pitch and part weapon, it looks like a fastball … until it’s not.

Pitching Backward: The Next Collin McHugh?

Is there McHugh-like value to be derived from Tyler Lyons?

Pitching Backward: Chaz Roe and the Mechanics of Aesthetics

Chaz Roe threw an insane slider; what made it what it was, and what made it what it appeared to be?

BP Unfiltered: Sergio Romo’s Slider and the Farthest-Outside Swings

The silliest-looking swings at outside pitches, and the pitchers who induce them.

Head Games: Mistake Swings and Forbidden Steals

Shining a spotlight on the minor mental mistakes and successes that often go overlooked.

BP Unfiltered: How to Get Bryce Harper Out Every Time

Bryce Harper went 0-for-7 with five strikeouts against the Yankees on Saturday. What did New York’s pitchers throw him?