This is a nauseating but exciting time for making pitching decisions. There’s still some opportunity to take advantage of rash decisions made on small samples, and yet there are some good ...

It's not just the Kershaw slider that vexes him, either. "I've been trying to throw a sweeper for three years," Skubal said, "but I can't get the ball to sweep." Stories like these, of the pitches ...

But in 2025, that usage has dropped to 13.2% in favor of the sweeper, which he now throws 24.2% of the time. While the slider is still his go-to against righties, the sweeper is proving to be a ...

Even if we remove sweepers and stick with the "regular" slider, we’re still seeing twice as many sliders with a foot-plus break as we did a decade ago. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to ...

Welcome to the SP Roundup, my daily fantasy baseball article reviewing every starting pitcher’s performance from every Saturday game. I apologize for the jokes written in my delirium in advance. Have ...