- Apr 28, 2019
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Honestly you should have a straight FB in your repertoire. The 4 seam should be straight as an arrow with pin point accuracy. Your 2 seam what I call cutter/splitter (baseball speak) should have good break similar to a curve. Ours is down and in to RH hitter. Our 3 seam we call a thumb ball and it’s moving all over the place. It’s DD’s own creation and has good movement but not consistent to same area.Yeah very few things make me cringe more than hearing someone say their PC wants them to throw the ball straighter because their fastball has a little tail that goes down and away a little....ugh
Then of course you have rise, drop, change, curve, and drop curve. Haven’t experimented yet with screw ball.
We generally stick to 4 pitches in game situations. Usually 2 fastballs, curve, & change.
When hitting spots in practice mostly use 4 seam FB. Sometimes curve & 2 seam for down and in to RH. Occasional rise/drops to mix them in.