Wooooah, the pitching thread got bombarded. Must have hit a nerve.
A couple quick general responses.
Sinkers (which are basically 2 seams) are on the decline and will probably remain that way. It has to do with 4 seams having more apparent "rise" (less downward action) and missing barrels. In the new high def era of spin rates aided by "stickey", K's and popups are king for todays pitchers. And 4 seams up in the zone produce, sinkers down don't.
Bauer was the flagship bearer for this whole trend of more breaking balls less FB's. Came from that guy Perry Husband and the research he did on hitters. Took many more kids that followed this new line of thinking before it became more widely accepted like it is today. And it was the outside institutions, like Driveline and pitching ninja, that put so much stuff up on social which young pitchers follow, that really turned the tide. It is only the start of the wave coming through, but it won't be long before it is common place across the board.
A couple quick general responses.
Sinkers (which are basically 2 seams) are on the decline and will probably remain that way. It has to do with 4 seams having more apparent "rise" (less downward action) and missing barrels. In the new high def era of spin rates aided by "stickey", K's and popups are king for todays pitchers. And 4 seams up in the zone produce, sinkers down don't.
Bauer was the flagship bearer for this whole trend of more breaking balls less FB's. Came from that guy Perry Husband and the research he did on hitters. Took many more kids that followed this new line of thinking before it became more widely accepted like it is today. And it was the outside institutions, like Driveline and pitching ninja, that put so much stuff up on social which young pitchers follow, that really turned the tide. It is only the start of the wave coming through, but it won't be long before it is common place across the board.