Quick Baseball Question...

pigskincardboard · May 20, 2010

As a right handed pitcher, you throw what offspeed pitch to lefties and what one to righties.

It's change-up to opposite handers and slider to similar handers, right?

sportzluvr1 · May 20, 2010

pigskincardboard said:
As a right handed pitcher, you throw what offspeed pitch to lefties and what one to righties.

It's change-up to opposite handers and slider to similar handers, right?

I pitch and throw a slider, change up, fastball and curveball. To lefties i throw a slider that starts in the middle-inner half of the plate and breaks way down and in. I also like to throw a curve on the outside half to a lefty. As for righties, the slider is a lot more effective as a wipe-out type pitch i would throw when the opposition is down heavy in the count (say 0-2, 1-2) because this isn't meant to be thrown for a strike. I rarely use a curve to a righty, to be honest.

**Sorry about the tangent, hope i answered your question at least a little bit

**

-Gauge.

ballcardzdotcom · May 20, 2010

pigskincardboard said:
As a right handed pitcher, you throw what offspeed pitch to lefties and what one to righties.

It's change-up to opposite handers and slider to similar handers, right?

Depends on what you're trying to accomplish (game situation, count on hitter, outs, runners on, success againts batter, tendencies, etc.)

Typically you want your pitches breaking away from a hitter, but there are times where it may be prudent to break into them. I.E. When I was way up in the count (0-2,1-2), I would sometimes fire a slider down and in to a lefty (bound for the dirt) or get him on his hands with a cutter. Only thing he's gonna do with that is knub it, pop it up, or strike out. Greg Maddux was the king of throwing a backup cutter that would break into the hitter on the outside corner for a strike.

HTH,

Matt

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