Pitch Design Challenge: Seam-Shifted Wake Slider

[@kstyle1343]

Awesome stuff. How good does it feel that SSW is a popular term in 2022 and pitching coaches around the big leagues are trying to get their staffs to throw these? Michael King on the yankees is the perfect example. totally redesigned his curve/slider to get that wake!

[@tedwillard4046]

So.... what’s the orientation of the grip to throw the magic slider. Or are you just a an engineer .....

[@johnnyasel7678]

That'd depend on where in the ball's flight you want it to break and how the athlete's grip translates to spin axis. And I'm not an engineer....................

[@elliotmacrae-sadek6752]

Ur a beast dude

[@davidladjevic1587]

so how do you throw this pitch

[@johnnyasel7678]

That's a surprisingly difficult question, but I think I'll make a video doing my best to answer it. I'll try to remember to re-comment on this if/when I do!

[@davidladjevic1587]

@@johnnyasel7678 sick thank you

[@tkc2406]

I throw it slightly back from the two seams and get a 1 seam spin that spins perpendicular to the plate. With perfect gyro it isn’t that great but I get the dot from my perspective around 7 o’clock and half an inch from the center. Still working on it though. Tbh you need a high speed camera and you can get a lot further