If you were to look at the pitch chart of Trevor Bauer, the part of the graph representing his slider looked flatter than Kyrie Irving’s opinion of the Earth. It had flatlined. Non-existent. But ...

The idea manifested a couple of years ago. Chicago Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon wanted to tweak his slider to create more sweeping action, but abnormal offseasons leading into 2020 and ’… ...

Shortly before big-league camp broke three weeks ago, Chicago Cubs pitcher Ethan Roberts tried using a new grip for his slider. The suggestion came from assistant pitching coach Daniel Moskos. Give… ...

While Rodríguez uses a sweeper grip, Baseball Savant categorizes the pitch as a slider since it doesn’t have the bigger, slower movement of traditional sweepers.