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  2. Sinker (pitch) - Wikipedia

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    In baseball, a sinker or sinking fastball is a type of fastball which has significant downward and horizontal movement and is known for inducing ground balls. [1] Pitchers capable of utilizing the sinker are able to throw the pitch almost exclusively, as it forces weak contact and ground balls, allowing them to rely less on secondary pitches in order to change speeds. [2]

  3. Two-seam fastball - Wikipedia

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    The grip used for a two-seam fastball. A two-seam fastball is a pitch in baseball and softball.It is a variant of the straight fastball.The pitch has the speed of a fastball and can also include late-breaking action caused by varying the pressure of the index and middle fingers on the ball.

  4. Fastball - Wikipedia

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    The sinker, synonymous with the two-seam fastball, two-seamer, tailing fastball, or running fastball is a type of fastball thrown with a seam orientation that induces more downward or arm-side horizontal movement compared to four-seam fastballs or cutters. Historically, distinctions have been made between these terms, but today, they are all ...

  5. Identifying baseball pitch types in 2023: A modern field ...

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    What is a four-seam fastball? ... baseball’s trendiest recent addition is better against same-side batters — righty vs. righty or lefty vs. lefty. It also offers the sinker-style weak contact ...

  6. Are sliders destined to overtake fastballs as baseball's ...

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    In 2013, 56.9% of all pitches were either four-seam fastballs or sinkers. In 2022, that rate dipped below 50% for the first time since the advent of pitch tracking in 2008, and in 2023, it has ...

  7. Pitch (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    The cut fastball, split-finger fastball, and forkball are variations on the fastball with extra movement, and are sometimes called sinking-fastballs because of the trajectories. The most common fastball pitches are: Cutter; Four-seam fastball; Sinker; Split-finger fastball; Two-seam fastball

  8. Here's what happened when the Detroit Tigers' first-round ...

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    Good athlete, good delivery, good strike thrower, and the fastball, we saw power to the fastball." Schiefelbein has a two-seam fastball, a spike curveball, a circle change, a slider and a cutter.

  9. Shuuto - Wikipedia

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    The two-seam fastball, the sinker, and the screwball, in differing degrees, move down and in towards a right-handed batter when thrown, or in the opposite manner of a curveball and a slider. The shuuto is often confused with the gyroball , perhaps because of an article by Will Carroll [ 4 ] that erroneously equated the two pitches.