Sheffield threw his slider just over 35% of the time last year. His primary put away pitch (30.2%), the slider returned an excellent 47.5% whiff rate (23.9% swinging K rate), 40.1% chase rate, and a more modest but still reasonable 34.3% zone rate. He showed the ability to emphasize the slider down and out of the zone that’s what you like to see.
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