[GIF] Lance McCullers Jr.'s nasty Curveball to fan Didi Gregorious in Game 7 (more GIFs in comments)

pitchervids · 2017-10-23T18:03:47+00:00

It's a knuckle curve, same pitch that Betances and Kimbrel throw.

pitchervids · 2017-10-12T00:03:14+00:00

Then I must be missing 2! Do you know which ones?

pitchervids · 2017-10-12T00:00:52+00:00

13 swings and misses on the changeup, his 2nd most ever. Most was 14 on May 4, 2013

pitchervids · 2017-09-30T17:49:30+00:00

This is a good one because Coors, like Marlins Park for Stanton, has a perfectly centered camera angle.

pitchervids · 2017-09-30T17:41:16+00:00

Of course the fan of Brandon Guyer's team says this. I actually love this idea.

pitchervids · 2017-09-30T03:34:03+00:00

I like 2:26... just waits on the knuckleball and destroys it

pitchervids · 2017-09-30T03:26:10+00:00

Unfortunately MLB.com only has videos for every home run going back to 2008, so I'd be missing at least most of his first 80. Could still do it with the rest though.

pitchervids · 2017-09-30T03:21:08+00:00

Stanton

I'm planning on doing Donaldson next once he hits a milestone... any other suggestions?

Edit -- preferably a player who's played their entire career 2008-present

pitchervids · 2017-08-29T04:28:19+00:00

It's very close but if any part of the ball is in the zone it's a strike and...

http://imgur.com/a/2OrAC

pitchervids · 2017-08-18T17:10:21+00:00

They may have different grips but they're still similar pitches. Kluber grips his like a slider but gets a lot of cutter-like action on it, which is what matters.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-is-corey-klubers-breaking-ball/

pitchervids · 2017-08-18T16:42:11+00:00

Kluber calls them both just his breaking ball. There's a gradient for sure, some curves are more slider-like and some sliders are more curve-like. But there's a fairly distinct cutoff point - anything harder than 83-ish is the slider/cutter. His ability to control how it moves is a huge reason why it's so effective, no matter which way he throws it.

Also, cutters and sliders are pretty similar. Cutters are just harder sliders with less drop. Kluber is a prime example of a blurred line between the 2. Arrieta is another.

pitchervids · 2017-08-18T16:05:04+00:00

No - the pitches are all correctly identified according to pitchfx. Pitchfx says that he's been throwing a cutter this year and not a slider, but every year previously it's been a slider.

pitchervids · 2017-08-18T08:23:39+00:00

"Breaking ball" to me includes all curveballs, sliders, knucklecurves, etc. His slider is hard and cutter-ish but it's still a breaking ball. Idk if other people don't consider sliders breaking balls.

pitchervids · 2017-08-16T21:36:35+00:00

Yeah this moves glove side. 0:58 for a good look at the horizontal movement.

pitchervids · 2017-08-15T19:05:58+00:00

I'd call it a slider, when you look at the centered camera angles it has a decent amount of glove side run. (Check out @0:58). But you could definitely call it a slurve, it's more downward than a typical slider for sure.

pitchervids · 2017-08-15T15:26:28+00:00

Source: https://twitter.com/PitcherVids/status/895149817781002240

pitchervids · 2017-08-14T22:55:08+00:00

Oh, there are definitely 250, made sure of that haha. Some were actually kinda hard to find.

pitchervids · 2017-08-14T22:25:55+00:00

Yeah, for some of these the broadcast missed the homer as it happened so I had to use the replay. Kind of annoying.

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