Greinke has a sinker
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We need that gag 50mph eephus pitch he pulls out once in a blue moon.
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Made it to world series last night, did it on a grand slam off a low Kluber sinker- so they can be hit... with that said, the every pitcher getting a sinker theme is a little silly.
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He actually throws 8 different pitches. So giving him a sinker isn't that unbelievable..
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Probably because 2 seamers don't work in this game
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@LankyRyan said in Greinke has a sinker:
Lol yeah they gave Greinke, Rodney, and El Duque a sinker. Guess sinkers aren't getting a nerf anytime soon.
Fernando Rodney has thrown a sinker his entire career and greinke has thrown some sort of sinker/2-seamer the entire latter half of his career (largely due to his dip in velocity, his 2-seamer likely has some dip in it that previously was non-existent)
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They should have done the opposite... turned all sinkers into 2-seamers and tweaked hitting from there. It's dumb when I don't want to use a pitcher without a sinker because that pitch is such an outlier.
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“We can’t fix two seamers and four seamers are meat, so let’s just give everybody sinkers this year.”
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@ThaSultanOfSwag said in Greinke has a sinker:
@LankyRyan said in Greinke has a sinker:
Lol yeah they gave Greinke, Rodney, and El Duque a sinker. Guess sinkers aren't getting a nerf anytime soon.
Fernando Rodney has thrown a sinker his entire career and greinke has thrown some sort of sinker/2-seamer the entire latter half of his career (largely due to his dip in velocity, his 2-seamer likely has some dip in it that previously was non-existent)
It's sort of a tomato, tomahto thing drawing the line between a sinker and a two seamer. But neither have ever had a sinker in any iteration of MLBTS until now.
If you were to ask me based on trajectory alone, I'd say both throw a two seamer. A ton more lateral movement than vertical.
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Why does everybody think nobody has ever thrown a sinker?
Greinke in 2009, seems as if he threw ~550 of them:
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@coastereight said in Greinke has a sinker:
They should have done the opposite... turned all sinkers into 2-seamers and tweaked hitting from there. It's dumb when I don't want to use a pitcher without a sinker because that pitch is such an outlier.
I hate Sinkers but imagine pitching in this game without one. Every game would be 15-14. Me personally I can’t pitch well without a sinker (actually I can’t pitch well with one I stink). The sinker keeps players honest which is why I think they give one to every pitcher.
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@Freddy_Sez said in Greinke has a sinker:
Why does everybody think nobody has ever thrown a sinker?
Greinke in 2009, seems as if he threw ~550 of them:
Dude we know he actually throws sinkers/two-seam fastballs. But historically in-game, Greinke had a 2SFB up until this card. Despite the pitches normally being almost identical in-game (2SFB tops out at 97 and is more side-to-side) this year sinkers are just far more effective.
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