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Giolito primed for another standout season (mlb.com)

This is exciting.

“It’s like a 12-6 curveball, but it just goes down,” Giolito said. “It comes out of my hand almost like a slider variant. It’s hard to give it a real true name like curveball or slider. But the whole idea of it is it comes out on my fastball plane and then just goes down kind of later, whereas my slider is a little more right to left with that downward action. This one is more like out of the hand fastball plane, straight down late

So...like a straight, slow, sinker maybe? With hard break on it?

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24 minutes ago, ScooterMcGee said:

Giolito primed for another standout season (mlb.com)

This is exciting.

“It’s like a 12-6 curveball, but it just goes down,” Giolito said. “It comes out of my hand almost like a slider variant. It’s hard to give it a real true name like curveball or slider. But the whole idea of it is it comes out on my fastball plane and then just goes down kind of later, whereas my slider is a little more right to left with that downward action. This one is more like out of the hand fastball plane, straight down late

So...like a straight, slow, sinker maybe? With hard break on it?

Gio, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Please don't blow your arm throwing a new pitch your body isn't used to, that would be the real downer. 

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3 hours ago, SonofaRoache said:

Gio, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Please don't blow your arm throwing a new pitch your body isn't used to, that would be the real downer. 

He is pitching past the age of 12.  He has thrown a curveball before.  Stop with the melodramatics.  

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On 2/17/2021 at 12:36 PM, southsider2k5 said:

 

The absolute balls it takes to consistently throw near BP-speed pitches down the middle of the plate against MLB hitters is severely underrated.  Not only could they easily go yard, but they could just as easily take the man's head off if they tee it up right back at Gio.  It's just plain supreme confidence in a pitch coupled with an unflinching belief that he has the mental upperhand in every at-bat knowing he can fool them.  

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