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Finger grip on a four-seam fastball Finger grip on a four-seam fastball. The four-seam fastball is designed purely for velocity; it travels to the batter's box with little or no "break" from straight-line flight—the intent being to challenge the batter's reaction time instead of fooling him with a pitch that breaks downward or to one side or the other.
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The four-seam fastball is the most common variant of the fastball. The pitch is used often by the pitcher to get ahead in the count or when he needs to throw a strike . This type of fastball is intended to have minimal lateral movement, relying more on its velocity and vertical 'rising' movement.
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize didn't tip his hand about the velocity of his four-seam fastball, but he discussed the shape and the location of his most-used pitch as he ...
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Sidearm pitches rotate similarly, but around an approximately vertical axis. This causes common pitches to behave very uncommonly. For example, the four-seam fastball, when thrown by overhand power pitchers, seems to "hop", or rise [2] on its way to the plate. This is because the ball is rotating backwards, lowering the air pressure above the ball.
In 2024, Maeda's fastball is averaging 89.3 mph. Opponents are hitting .455 with a 1.091 slugging percentage against it. His splitter has a below-average 21.1% whiff rate, with opponents slugging ...
An animated diagram of a cutter. In baseball, a cut fastball or cutter is a type of fastball that breaks toward the pitcher's glove-hand side, as it reaches home plate. [1] This pitch is somewhere between a slider and a four-seam fastball, as it is usually thrown faster than a slider but with more movement than a typical fastball. [1]