Author Topic: Patrick Corbin Consternation Thread  (Read 28275 times)

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Re: Patrick Corbin Consternation Thread
« Reply #125: August 11, 2021, 09:07:08 AM »
Has Corbin ever tried to develop a third pitch?  A second offspeed pitch could be very effective.  Batters recognize offspeed, and if you only have one offspeed pitch, a slider, the batter knows it's a slider.  If he had a curve, he might recognize it's offspeed but not be able to distinguish slider from curve.  A changeup would be even more effective (since it's often the same speed as a slider, where a curve is much slower).  But a changeup seems much harder to develop.
He has tried the change up.  I see different things on different sites but this one shows he is not throwing a two seamer either. Another site shows he throw a two seamer but no different speed wise from his four seamer. That’s a problem also.

https://www.pitcherlist.com/player/patrick-corbin/