GDT 1/3 Blue Jays @ Orioles 7:05 PM ET

[AledmysDiaz]

Donaldson and Travis both look awful last few games. Slow on the fastball and not recognizes the offspeed. Need to get the timing down

 

To be fair we have seen a couple of great young arms in Bundy and Minor

[Jonn]

To be fair we have seen a couple of great young arms in Bundy and Minor

 

Minor is 30.

[Orgfiller]

To be fair we have seen a couple of great young arms in Bundy and Minor

 

Mike Minor is only young in name lol. He's 30 years old, he's been around for a while.

[Abomination]

To be fair we have seen a couple of great young arms in Bundy and Minor

 

Minor is 30 now, he's not THAT young anymore. He did pitch great though.

[John_Havok]

Alford is rehabbing in Dunedin. You may see him activated

 

Yeah he's gonna be a week away though. His first rehab game is tonight and he might be with Buffalo by Friday. I doubt they'd rush him back with no rehab PAs straight to an everyday role

[Orgfiller]

Dangerous start to the inning with the meat coming up.

[AledmysDiaz]

Happ is waiverinf now

[John_Havok]

I guess Happ needs 2 on base before he really puts any effort in

[Orgfiller]

s***.

[justafan]

So a lot of it comes down to grip and arm action. The grip for a slider is very tight with the index and middle finger pressing down hard on the seams. The difference between a cutter and a slider comes down mostly to grip, which results in differences in velocity (cutters tend to have higher velocity) and movement (sliders tend to have much more lateral movement and depth).

 

For fastballs, the difference between a 2-seam and a 4-seam fastball is again the grip, to which their names allude to how many seams of the baseball are held. A 2-seam fastball is thrown with armside run, meaning it moves in the same direction as the pitcher's handedness (centre-right for RHP, centre-left for LHP). A 4-seam fastball is your prototypical "straight" pitch, generally it also tends to have some natural movement (either a slight cut or a slight run) depending on the pitcher, you usually don't watch your 4-seam to be too straight because major league hitters are really good and will lock in on it easily.

 

A split-finger (commonly called a splitter) fastball is a pitch that is held with the index and middle fingers held like a V through the seams, it acts much like a changeup in that it is thrown with the same arm action as a regular fastball and the velocity difference between it and the fastball is significant enough to keep hitters off balance. A good splitter will have substantial downward movement and sometimes will have lateral movement, in which it will look very similar to a circle-changeup (a pitch where two fingers form a circle around the side of the baseball).

 

I'd recommend looking up the different grips and more information on each pitch.

 

Thank you. I really appreciate it. I need to digest this for a while. So, is a good splitter the same as a sinker?

 

Sorry to interrupt, are the catcher's signals consistent throughout baseball? I will look up the signals but just asking. Once again, i'm sure I am not alone.

[AledmysDiaz]

f***

[Abomination]

I guess Happ needs 2 on base before he really puts any effort in

 

He's got 3 on now, the O's are really screwed.

[havok24]

Damn

[closetjaysfan]

ruh roh

[Effit]

Our pitchers have been in quite a few pickles lately.

[John_Havok]

I wish they'd change that rule... I don't care if the flap of your jersey gets hit.

 

If it hits meat, bone, fine ... take your base. Other than that, f*** off and stand in

[closetjaysfan]

what a break on that call

[bones10]

hahaha, showalter is going to be choked.

[havok24]

f*** off Showalter you crusty ****.

[BlueJays]

LMAO. They caught a break on that

[fatcowxlive]

Yeah good call

 

But s***** defence holy f***

[AledmysDiaz]

Yep you can't run inside

[Abomination]

Yep, right call. Jones was definitely not running in his path.

[Orgfiller]

Martin just saved a run, what a pick.

[Jonn]

I will take that lol

[King]

I wonder what Orioles Hangout is saying about this

[AledmysDiaz]

Gibbons get the f*** out there

[John_Havok]

Thank you. I really appreciate it. I need to digest this for a while. So, is a good splitter the same as a sinker?

 

Sorry to interrupt, are the catcher's signals consistent throughout baseball? I will look up the signals but just asking. Once again, i'm sure I am not alone.

 

No, a splitter is basically a different kind of changeup. It has similar action to a sinker (2 seam fastball) in that they both have arm side sink and run, but the splitter will be about 10 mph slower and won't run nearly as much, but should drop more.

[fatcowxlive]

I wonder what Orioles Hangout is saying about this

 

Where's Boxy when you need him

[Boxcar]

lol it was pretty clear that Jones was on the grass all the way up the line. Orioles are stoopids