The catcher talks about Shohei Otani’s sinker, which has reached perfection in the game on the 4th
Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani is making headlines in the United States with his ultra-high-speed sinker, which he is using as a new weapon. The local paper “Orange County Register” published an article titled “Angels’ Shohei Ohtani doing something like ‘video game’ with new sinker.” He interviewed his partner, Max Stussy catcher, about its power.
“Max Stussy is still overwhelmed,” this period delves into the value of Ohtani’s sinker from the eyes of a catcher. After being pitched on the 3rd (Japan time 4th), Stacy said, “Ohtani said he was doing something like a video game.
“Pitchers spend years trying to figure out how to throw a certain type of pitch, or how to make a slider usable. Outrageous.”
According to the article, Ohtani threw only one sinker for the first time in the match against the Marlins on July 6 (7th). After that, in the match against the Mariners on August 15 (16th), it was 6 balls, and it was still under development. And in the game on the 3rd (4th), he threw 111 pitches, the most this season, with 18 sinkers. He introduced that he threw 8 innings and gave up 1 run.
“It was clear that the sinker had improved. In addition, the article points out that Ohtani’s 99.7 mph (about 160.5 km) sinker thrown to Astros’ Chaz McCormick in the third inning of this game shifted 21 inches (about 53.3 cm) to the right. It introduces Stacy’s comment, “That’s a first-class ball in the first-class.”
Finally, the article states, “Ohtani, who uses this sinker as his new weapon, also throws 85-87 miles (about 136.8-140.0 kilograms) of sliders that move 18-20 inches (about 45.7-50.8 centimeters) in the opposite direction, and headlong. He throws a split near 92 miles (about 148.1 km) where he falls, and throws a 4 seam of 100 miles (about 161.0 km) when he goes straight,” he introduced his impregnability.
(Full-Count editorial department)