Cutter pitches are like sinkers, except they break left or right rather than down. Mariano Rivera is the expert at cutter pitches. His cutter breaks in on a left-handed hitter. Usually lefty-righty matchups favor the batter, but not so with Mariano Rivera. All hitters fear him.
Like the sinker, its important to [...]
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Slider pitches are a major strike pitch, but it doesnt make sense to throw one every pitch. With slider pitches, pitch selection is everything. If you fall in love with your slider, batters will become accustomed to it. Youll find yourself walking batter after batter. The true test of a pitcher [...]
Knuckleball pitches are the rarest and arguably the most difficult pitches in the game. I remember watching a game where John Smoltz came in to close. He decided to try out his new knuckleball pitches. It wasnt very pretty: hit after hit. After the game, he said hed never try that [...]
Forkball pitches have faded off the map a bit recently. That may just be because there are so many new names for pitches. Often a forkball is mistaken for a slider, a split finger fastball, or a cutter. Like the palmball, forkball pitches arent really talked about so much anymore, which doesnt [...]
Screwball pitches dont get as much ink as they once did. A curveball from a right handed pitcher will break right. A screwball from a right handed pitcher will break left. As you might understand from that description alone, it is much harder to have a ball break the opposite direction from [...]
