With the drawback being velocity for a sweeper, let’s look at the upside, which is that elite horizontal movement: The Yankees do love sweeping sliders, but they have pitchers like Gerrit Cole, Albert Abreu, and Richard Fitts who are better off with gyro sliders. Stuff+ favors a sweeping slider, but it should be noted that what works for one pitcher won’t always work for another. This makes sense, slower pitches have a longer flight path to the plate and thus have more time to generate movement. This isn’t a trend unique to the Yankees, as the league-wide velocity difference between a gyro slider and a sweeper is drastic: Velocity for sliders comes at the cost of movement, as we typically see that whirly sliders with larger movement profiles come in at lower velocities. How does this all relate to Will Warren? Well, it’s the fact that his slider defies the league-wide trend we see in baseball for the relationship between velocity and movement. (Albert Abreu is still a RyanGarciaESM narrative guy) For context, Clarke Schmidt’s cutter has similar movement horizontally, so in some regards, we could compare Abreu’s slider more to a cutter than either Schmidt’s baby sweeper or King’s whirly. For a true gyro slider, look no further than fireballer Albert Abreu, whose slider can reach 90 MPH but only gets 2.5 inches of horizontal sweep.
Let’s keep the theme centered around the Yankees Michael King throws a true “sweeper” with over 18″ of horizontal sweep, but it clocks in at just 82.3 MPH, making it a slower slider that relies more on movement. For example, last year Clarke Schmidt threw a slider with ~9″ of horizontal break in the mid-80s, which wouldn’t make it a sweeper, but it also isn’t a gyro slider. Still, a better way to evaluate sliders would be to put them on a spectrum, as not all sweepers or gyro sliders are created equal. Initially, the gyro slider (the vertical drop-centric variant) and the sweeper were viewed as just two categories. Let’s start by defining what a “sweeper” is, as it’s a variant of a slider that prioritizes horizontal movement instead of vertical drop.
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