What is the Sweeper and why is it different from a Slider? Here’s a detailed history of the sweeper, how it differs from a traditional slider, and some pitch grips to help you throw it.
See the new pitch type that Shohei Ohtani Yu Darvish Clay Holmes Zack Wheeler Pablo Lopez and others are throwing. And see how Seam Shifted Wake makes the sweeper move
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40 Comments
Y’all are making this ridiculous. “It’s a sweep-a-slurve-knuckle-split-screw-cutting-12/6-submarine-three-quarter-off speed-357 seam-fastball-circle-square-triangle-change up.” 🙄
Slutter hahahaha
Gravity is also a factor.
Just call it a slider and let's not complicate things.
AKA: "American Legion Curve". 'Nuff said. Just a new term for an old pitch, like "cutter". I was throwing that stuff, plus the "splitter" 50yrs ago. Worked like a charm, too! Don't believe me? Check out Greg Maddux.
It’s just a hard slider.
Isn't a sweeper the same thing as a slurve?
Wow, that sweeper looks a lot like a curve ball…
So a slider or slurve?
It's a slider, an actual slider.
Dude you are 100% WRONG.
SLURVE VERTICAL
SLIDER HORIZONTAL
STOP TRYING SOUND COOL
ALL WRONG LITERALLY ALL WRONG
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GO BACK TO HIGHSCHOOL AND LEARN THE GAME LET ALONE PHYSICS
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A Slutter. I had a few of them in my lifetime.
The sweeper is just one of pitches in the slider family. Sergio Romo used to call it his 'Frisbee Slider.'
It's a slider. Saved you 8 min of your life.
I was about to say bauer needs a shout out
Just a more breaking slider
Cannot believe how this video has no information other than very obvious ones, for a long length of the video
Man you wanna see a slider watch Randy Johnson’s or Kerry Woods it will blow your mind.
Jesus saves
It's a slurve
I call mine a "Sleeper" cuz it hangs like a hammock.
So it’s just a well thrown slider
looks like a slider
Mariano Rivera three a version of his cutter that he called a sweeper. It was just his cutter with more horizontal break.
It’s a slider—dot or no dot. Some are more are more horizontal than others. Are you going to tell me that Randy Johnson’s slide didn’t have sweeping action?
The Slutter!
これは興味深い球種ですね。ピッチング忍者さん、解説ありがとうございます！
"Slutter" 😂😂😂
2:08 coincidentally referring to teammates. Lol
Not a new pitch. A slurve
We used to call it a roundhouse
Slurve. Got my school paid for throwing it.
It's not a new pitch it's a description of a breaking ball and is cringeworthy the fact that it's being passed as something new when guys are throwing the exact same pitches except they'd be called slider or cuveball. Just ridiculously stupid.
Dave Stieb Mentioned 🎉🎉🎉
Wow, this was boring and confusing.
what confused me is that MLB the Show has a Sweeper listed as a Sweeping Curveball SCR
Its a slider. Thats it.
Had to slide Ohtani in the title 🤔
AKA a slider.