All around baseball, pitchers are abandoning the sinker in favor of the four-seam fastball and the slider. Pitchers like Lucas Giolito and Gerrit Cole have elevated their game by getting rid of the pitch. Of course, there are exceptions. Sandy Alcantara has bucked trends and found success. Julio Teheran has done the same. Mike Soroka and Patrick Corbin have both utilized the sinker effectively. Then there’s Mike Leake whose sinker has been one of the worst pitches in baseball this season.
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