Toughest Pitching Deliveries To Hit Against

[cemprae48]

I'm looking for a delivery that appears to give some extra movement to the cutter specifically... That got me thinking about deliveries in general... Aside from side arm deliveries... What are some that give you fits...and why?

[StylezOfBeyond]

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Darren freaking O'Day!!...the dude literally crosses in front of the mound as the pitch is coming in..ughhh

[jkra0512]

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Darren freaking O'Day!!...the dude literally crosses in front of the mound as the pitch is coming in..ughhh

I have to agree with this...He's nasty.

[dingleberryfinn]

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Johnny Cueto, 'cause he turns his back completely to the hitter.
Also Ryan Dempster has a little glove twist pre-delivery I find distracting, but it won't really affect a cutter anymore than any other pitch.

As for generic windups, #24 is funky.

[KHarmo88]

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I used to have some issues with Dempster and that stupid wrist flick.

I also have trouble with Cueto. Hate seeing him a couple times a year

[RangersCruz]

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Dempster

That delivery is just annoying

[KHarmo88]

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Is the wrist twist thing Dempster does just for deceiving hitters? Or does he have a twitching problem??

[jmik58]

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Any pitcher that has a release point other than over-the-top. I find it hard to judge the initial flight and/or break on those pitchers.

[RangersCruz]

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I used to have some issues with Dempster and that stupid wrist flick.

I also have trouble with Cueto. Hate seeing him a couple times a year

Cueto as well im like good lord throw the ball already lol i hate when he turns his back and then finally throws the pitch and i miss it

[Spider Tre]

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any sidearm or submarine delivery

[Bluejaysfan65]

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Darren freaking O'Day!!...the dude literally crosses in front of the mound as the pitch is coming in..ughhh

AMEN!

[bautistabomb]

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DiceK. I can't stand how long his windup is. Not so much hard to pick up, but just annoying as games with him on the mound seem to take forever. When he is pitching from the stretch it's fine, its just with no one on base. Just throw the damn ball already. Grrrr!

[cemprae48]

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The wrinkle in Jose Contreras' delivery has been fixed this year... Last year Rubby Dela Rosa could throw a 2seamer inside to a righthander... and the ball would break a foot... a hard circle change would do the same thing...

The same with Rich Harden's delivery as thrown by Mark Lowe

[timmuh1515]

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Is the wrist twist thing Dempster does just for deceiving hitters? Or does he have a twitching problem??

Dempster added the wrist twist thing because he felt he was tipping his pitches.

[pensan04]

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I hate facing collmenter from AZ. His stuff sucks but his delivery was tough