TORONTO – Over the past decade sinker usage across baseball has shrunk dramatically, from 22.4 per cent of all pitches in 2010 to just 14.8 per cent in 2019. The decline started slowly in 2015 and has steadily accelerated, dropping 2.3 per cent from last year to this one alone. Thehave migrated over not to four-seamers, the usage of which dipped to 34.8 per cent in 2012 and up to 37.8 per cent this year, but to secondary offerings led by the slider , changeups and curveballs .
While throwing 40 sinkers that averaged 91.8 m.p.h. and topped out at 94 among his 81 pitches, Zeuch also featured 15 sliders, 12 curveballs, nine changeups and, notably, five four-seamers, each of which was thrown well out of the zone.Mixing in a few four-seamers was by design, something he recently started doing at triple-A Buffalo, and the Blue Jays are encouraging him to throw up more often, both with his four- and two-seamer, adding another portion of the strike zone to exploit.
Now, throw in a four-seamer in the upper part of the zone and opposing hitter will have all kinds of things to worry about.
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