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Skenes now has a splitter/sinker and it’s basically unhittable
Posted on 5/17/24 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 5/17/24 at 1:36 pm
Not sure when he developed it as I don’t remember him having it with LSU, but it’s nasty.
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Posted on 5/17/24 at 1:58 pm to cubsfan5150
Might not have perfected that pitch and he was so dominant at LSU he really didn't need it
Posted on 5/17/24 at 3:19 pm to cubsfan5150
That's normal and healthy, and it's old school for pitchers to rely on heaters until they develop more before learning new pitches. It protects their arm more in the long term. Too many coaches abuse young pitchers these days like a rented mule to win games (teaching them these pitches too early), killing their long-term careers.
This post was edited on 5/17/24 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 5/17/24 at 3:23 pm to cubsfan5150
The splinker is nasty as hell and definitely didn’t exist in this form at LSU, if at all.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 3:28 pm to cubsfan5150
Don’t understand modern baseball. Dude had a no no into the 7th. Annnnnnd they yank him. Like he couldn’t have gone 9 more outs. Wtf.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 4:14 pm to cubsfan5150
Looking forward to him facing Ohtani and Judge
Posted on 5/17/24 at 4:34 pm to cubsfan5150
They said he added it while in the Minors. Splinker
This post was edited on 5/17/24 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 5/17/24 at 5:09 pm to cubsfan5150
Sucks Livvy will have to live in Pittsburgh
Posted on 5/18/24 at 11:32 am to cubsfan5150
The movement on that sinker was crazy and then when you see that it was coming in at 96 made it even crazier.
I know it’s early but that was Mo Rivera level nastiness where he basically could tell everyone it was coming and there wouldn’t be much you can do about it.
Also my non scientific opinion is that Skenes is just built right to throw 100mph. He basically is built like an NFL tightend. 6’6” 250 with thick legs.
I know it’s early but that was Mo Rivera level nastiness where he basically could tell everyone it was coming and there wouldn’t be much you can do about it.
Also my non scientific opinion is that Skenes is just built right to throw 100mph. He basically is built like an NFL tightend. 6’6” 250 with thick legs.
This post was edited on 5/18/24 at 11:35 am
Posted on 5/18/24 at 4:07 pm to cubsfan5150
Posted on 5/18/24 at 5:13 pm to cubsfan5150
That splinker when played off his fastball is unhittable
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