MLB Pitchers & Styles "Who Throws What"....NovNovice fan needs help

[johnnydrum]

Hello, old fart gamer, entering year 2 as a MLB fan.
Without sounding like an Abbott & Costello sketch (showing my age here lol), when it comes to Pitchers & Pitching, I am at a loss as to "Who throws What?"....
"...What, Hoo throws Watt to Ware?" ...Hoos on First?

Trying to refamilirize myself with the Pitchers & Specialist throws used in the MLB Game The Show, and am working from an old post listing the different throws/pitches, and its been a great help, but was wondering if any Pitching experts can highlight which particular players use a specific pitch as their specialty, for instance know RA Dickey is a Knicklaball whizz...... Could anyone help fill in the blanks with me?

4SFB: (Everyone right.. Chapman Bruce Rondon
2SFB:
RFB:
CUT:
SNK:
CB:
126CV:
SCV:
KNCV:
Slider: Yu Darvish, Luke Gregerson, Carlos Martinez
Slurve:
Changeup:
Knuckleball: RA Dickey
Splitter/Forkball: Jeff Samardzija

[Ghost Of The Year]

Cole Hamels has a nasty Circle-Change.
Luke Gregerson has a pretty mean Slider.
Jeff Samardzija's Splitter has excellent movement but he doesn't have very much control of it.
C.C. Sabathia's Slider is also exceptional, but I personally do not like using him because:
1) I have trouble using lefties with meter pitching.
& 2) he's a Yankee.


EDIT As for fastball speed, Bruce Rondon's 4seamer (98mph) is equal to Aroldis' 4seamer (98mph).
What really give Chapman the edge is his 4seamer is maxed out on movement.

[johnnydrum]

Ghost Of The Year, thank you so much.
That`s already a great help
Could you explain a little about how the Splitter & Slider would look so I can recognize its movement in the game
(I like the "pulse" pitching)

[JDiaz1]

Aaron Sanchez of the Blue Jays is known for his power sinker



Marco Estrada is known for having one of the best circle change ups in the game

[johnnydrum]

JDIAZ:Those GIFS are awesome...Seeing the pitches in action with a description really helps. Thank you so much pal.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Quote: Originally Posted by johnnydrum

Ghost Of The Year, thank you so much. That`s already a great help Could you explain a little about how the Splitter & Slider would look so I can recognize its movement in the game (I like the "pulse" pitching)

Sliders have horizontal movement. Yu Darvish has extreme movement on his slider.
If you're facing a right-handed pitcher with a slider in his arsenal & you are batting right-handed , the ball will tail away from you. If you are batting lefty it will move in on you.
A cutter and slurve will look a lot like a slider. A slurve will usually have more down break to it's horizontal movent than a slider and a cutter will have less down break to it's horizontal movement. A slider & a splitter won't look anything similar as it's movement is completey down, like a ball falling off a table. A splitter is really more similar to a forkball except a forkball is generally slower.

[Cavicchi]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ghost Of The Year

Cole Hamels has a nasty Circle-Change. Luke Gregerson has a pretty mean Slider. Jeff Samardzija's Splitter has excellent movement but he doesn't have very much control of it. C.C. Sabathia's Slider is also exceptional, but I personally do not like using him because: 1) I have trouble using lefties with meter pitching. & 2) he's a Yankee. EDIT As for fastball speed, Bruce Rondon's 4seamer (98mph) is equal to Aroldis' 4seamer (98mph). What really give Chapman the edge is his 4seamer is maxed out on movement.

Chapman's fastball movement is maxed out in this game, but that is not the case in real baseball. Carlos Martinez has more speed and movement on his slider than Sabathia.

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/tabs.p.../2016&s_type=2

[Cavicchi]

An illustrated guide to pitch movement:

http://lokeshdhakar.com/baseball-pitches-illustrated/