US EditionWith Gausman and Yamamoto, the Splitter Is Back in the Spotlight for World Series Game 6
- The splitter pitch is gaining attention for World Series Game 6, highlighted by players Gausman and Yamamoto.
- According to MLB Statcast, Toronto used splitters 9.3% of the time during the regular season, the highest in the league.
- Roger Craig suggested to throw the splitter like a fastball, creating a unique challenge for hitters.
- A notable characteristic of the splitter is that a hitter may still struggle to hit it even when knowing it’s coming.
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Abandaredos by Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Kevin Gausman, the openings of the sixth duel of the World Series, straight pitches with separate fingers have been used in 6.8% of postseason pitching this year, more than double the 2.4% last year and an increase from 1.5% when it started tracking releases in 2008. “There are so many good pitches in today’s game: there are so many good sweepers, sliders and straight cuts. I think the split is almost a slig…
Kevin Gausman looking to outpitch Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 6 of World Series
Kevin Gausman gets the start as Toronto hosts the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of Major League Baseball’s championship. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will take the mound for L.A. after throwing a complete game in Game 2 of the series.
2025 World Series: How the splitter ended up being October's main pitch
TORONTO– In Game 6 of the World Series on Friday, 2 of the main professionals of the pitch that has really specified October will definitely battle atRogers Centre Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto is trying to preserve his group’s interval, and Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman is trying to win his franchise enterprise’s preliminary champion in larger than three a long time, and each will rely enormously on the spli…
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