Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Tony Blengino covers all things baseball, with an analytical bent. Let’s go pitch by pitch through the arsenals of all starting pitchers ...

Like Hess, Cunningham was drafted in 2024 and has yet to pitch professionally. He throws in the mid 90s with a great changeup ...

The tricky thing with Jesús Luzardo is that he might not fit the Phillies-specific type on the ... giving Luzardo a sinker. They tried in 2022 but dialed back the pitch usage in 2023 and 24.

The reason it’s so effective is that his wide release point coupled with the sharp movement of his sinker makes it a pitch that can steal strikes regardless of the handedness of the hitter in ...

While his sinker has resulted in a higher ... especially against batters who struggle with this type of pitch. His recent performance against the Tampa Bay Rays, where he struck out three batters ...

311 slugging rate. It was a pitch that opponents knew was coming but still couldn’t handle. Manaea leaned heavily on his sinker in the latter half of the season, increasing its usage to 66% by ...

"Last year, I don't want to say [the sinker] was a play-around pitch, but [it was an] experiment almost. See how it is. But this year it's take the next step into it," he said per Todd Zolecki of ...

But he finished the year off strong thanks to incorporating a new pitch into his repertoire. He began throwing a sinker and recorded a 3.12 ERA in his final five starts. Overall, Crochet had some ...