Does anyone have any luck with the SCV pitch?

[BigWilly]

I cringe whenever I throw it. It either seems to hang over the plate and get hit...or you try and keep it from hanging, and it goes low and outside the zone. Anyone able to use it effectively, or is just a risky and unreliable pitch type?

[nmycon]

Re: Does anyone have any luck with the SCV pitch?

its a sliding curve its not supposed to be thrown high or in the zone

its supposed to be thrown low outside the corners

not that many pitchers have it really, so its more of a specialty K pitch

[BigWilly]

Re: Does anyone have any luck with the SCV pitch?

Low outside corner...that's where I throw it. But I have to err on the side of throwing it overly wide (or low), because otherwise it tends to catch too much of the plate too often and get hit. I guess another way to say it - it seems that more often than other pitches, it doesn't end up where it should even when you nail the pitch meter, and it just seems to be one of those pitches that when it does catch the plate, seems to get hit harder than most other mistake pitches.

[ARMORALLL]

Re: Does anyone have any luck with the SCV pitch?

Roy Halladay throws one of these in the game but I've had trouble getting strikeouts with it. Batters foul these off alot. maybe someone can give me advise.

[Joepman]

Re: Does anyone have any luck with the SCV pitch?

I drop it on the inside corner to right handers with Bedard all the time.

[TheEnglishHombre]

Re: Does anyone have any luck with the SCV pitch?

In a word... no. Something about it, but I just can't spot that pitch, even with guys that are supposed to have good control. Ends up either a complete hanger, or 2 feet off the plate.

[PatBurrell]

Re: Does anyone have any luck with the SCV pitch?

its a sliding curve its not supposed to be thrown high or in the zone

its supposed to be thrown low outside the corners

not that many pitchers have it really, so its more of a specialty K pitch

i thought it was a sweeping curve. basically the same curve that 99% of high school pitchers throw claiming is their 'curveball'. a curveball with a slow, humping break. no hard snap, and runs like 2 to 8 for rightys. not sure why a pitcher would intentionally throw this.

[RunRickyRun34]

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i thought it was a sweeping curve. basically the same curve that 99% of high school pitchers throw claiming is their 'curveball'. a curveball with a slow, humping break. no hard snap, and runs like 2 to 8 for rightys. not sure why a pitcher would intentionally throw this.

You sir are correct. You mentioned about how why a pitcher would intentionally throw this? Arm angles, and arm speed pretty much tell the story here. You don't want to tip off the batter and it's very easy to do so if your dropping your elbow or changing your arm speed just the slightest. You basically let them know that it's coming because the best hitters will realize this and crush you. It's an out pitch.

[boyd0]

Re: Does anyone have any luck with the SCV pitch?

the computer learns wat you do, and it certainly is not dumb..you need to set them up and you will get strikeout.

[tbigwhoop]

Re: Does anyone have any luck with the SCV pitch?

I had great success (for the most part) using this pitch with Bedard in the 2008 edition. Sometimes I would get lit up though on an off day.

I would even go right at a batter with it and they'd miss often.

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