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[QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 4230794, member: 101"]
[URL='https://theathletic.com/3228633/2022/04/04/why-the-yankees-pitching-staff-is-embracing-a-new-slider-and-how-the-whirly-is-different-from-a-traditional-slider/?source=user_shared_article']Why the Yankees pitching staff is embracing a new slider and how the ‘whirly’ is different from a traditional slider[/URL]

It’s behind the paywall, but if you’re not reading [I]The Athletic[/I], what are you reading?

[I]It’s often thrown with a two-seam grip, works the horizontal plane more than a typical slider does, and is developed to play off of true two-seam fastballs using a recently discovered scientific theory called seam-shifted wake.

Those around the [URL='https://theathletic.com/team/yankees/']Yankees[/URL] organization are calling this type of slider a whirly. Elsewhere, it’s becoming known as a sweeper. Whatever it is, Yankees pitchers are finding that it’s getting them soft contact and strikeouts, and it’s a sharp example of the way the sport continues to evolve based on developments in technology and statistical research.[/I]
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