Every morning we review the nastiest pitches from the previous day’s games in glorious HD GIFs. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite pitch and check back this weekend to see if it will be in contention for the GIF of the First Half Contest. Did we miss your favorite pitch? Send us a tweet next time @PitcherList and we’ll GIF it up + give you a shoutout here in the article.
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Chris Sale’s Slider – Sale’s hurricane slider is back in action, breaking hard at the back foot of poor Gary Sanchez. Sale finished with eight strikeouts in six innings in Boston’s win over the Yankees.
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Felix Hernandez’s Changeup – The King may have lost his crown over the last few years, but he still has some tricks up his sleeve. His ‘trick’ in this case is a devastating 90 mile per hour changeup that falls right off the table, leaving Cheslor Cuthbert grasping at straws.
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Tyler Skaggs‘ Curveball – Skaggs had trouble with his command today, but he still managed to baffle Elvis Andrus with his big, loopy curveball. He finished with seven strikeouts and four walks in five innings. (Thanks to Redditor Texas_Rangers for the tip!)
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Aaron Nola’s Curveball – Nola had a great start against the Reds on Tuesday. His curveball was working all night, this time catching Billy Hamilton way out on his front foot.
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Aaron Sanchez’s Changeup – Sanchez tossed eight innings of one run ball on Tuesday to earn the win for Toronto. Changeups like this one to left-hander Pedro Alvarez were a huge reason why.
GIF Of The Night
Which was your favorite pitch? Vote below and the winner will be featured in the GIF of the First Half Contest.
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Aaron Nola had a sick 2 seamer last night that I thought was more impressive then that curveball. The guy just walked away
Good clip of Sanchez but he threw a changeup in the 3rd that dipped out of the strike zone like my dad going to buy a pack of cigarettes from the gas station.
Prince Felix even had the radar gun fooled on that changeup. No way that was more than 83.
Pretty sure it’s Jesse Winker and not Billy Hamilton in the Nola gif – awesome stuff as always!
Tough one to vote on this week. Some of those changeups were just disgusting.