Left on the cutting room floor was a mini conversation we had about his curveball. Earlier in the week, we talked about the evolution of zack greinke s pitches. Greinkes slider has been one of his more effective pitches. Zack greinke didnt exactly have his finest moment on the baseball diamond tuesday, and he knows it. Greinke s curveball is the secondslowest among qualified starters, behind the nationals patrick corbin. Zack greinke pokes fun at himself for getting picked off first base. I dont think i threw him a curveball and i definitely didnt throw one 48 mph. Sponsor this page attach your namecompany to the zack greinke page and 1 help support the baseball cube 2 remove ads from this page for other. Zack greinke throws a great curveball to manny machado that gets him to swing and miss in the bottom of the 6th inning. At 29, im not sure if hes figured out how to hit a curveball yet, or whether hell ever.
Arizona diamondbacks zack godley having trouble with his. Greinke is throwing a pitch that hes never flashed before, a slowerthanslow curveball that arrives at the plate with a speed that barely exceeds that of a knuckleball. Zack greinke was sharp in his first game of the season just two days after opening day but arizonas offense didnt lift the dbacks to a win. Get the mlb schedule, scores, standings, rumors, fantasy games and more on. Yanks stand pat at deadline, beat diamondbacks 75 fox. Affeldt looked over at greinke and saw that same placid look that greinke usually wears. Whats the scouting report on new dodgers pitcher kenta maeda. Zack greinke, german marquez, shane bieber are proud owners. Zack greinke has mastered the euphus to make hitters look absolutely foolish. Royals ace zack greinke is enjoying the game at last because hes learned to relax.
Arizona diamondbacks rhp zack godleys curveball a reason. Clayton kershaw, zack greinke give dodgers best 12 in baseball. Zack greinke has his curveball working well during game 1, locating and mixing his speeds en route to 10 strikeouts check out. Zack greinke s curveball it was business as usual for greinke as he dismantled the astros, pitching 6. Zack greinke struggling with velocity should scare the. Greinke s curveball earned the coveted money pitch tag for the second year running in the veterans age35 season, notching a 17% swingingstrike rate, 43. Zack greinke s health has been the narrative for the diamondbacks this spring training, as his fastball has been clocked as low as 84 mph. After a breakout in 2017, godley seemed like he could, alongside robbie ray, zack greinke, and patrick corbin, be a stalwart within one of the leagues best rotations. The forecaster, southern edition, august 19, 2011 by the. In this section probable pitchers top prospects injury updates transactions starting lineups hall of fame longform awards mlb draft allstar game. Greinkes curveball is typically used early in the count, while his slider is his most common 2strike pitch. This extremely slow curveball looks almost like an eephus pitch. Since the may 2nd disaster, burnett is 20 with a 1. Greinke s bugs bunny curveball is one of the games most aesthetically pleasing pitches cartoonishly slow, often floating.
Greinke s curveball is typically used early in the count, while his slider is his most common 2strike pitch. He is known for calling just how hard he will throw his curveball the next inning. In this section probable pitchers top prospects injury updates transactions starting lineups hall of fame longform awards mlb draft all. His best pitch of the night may have been his final out, which came from this 75mph curveball to marwin gonzalez. Thisstory appears in the may 4th, 2009 issue of sports illustrated. The eephus has been a part of baseball since the 1930s and dbacks ace zack greinke put the pitch to good use monday night against the white sox. Clayton kershaw, zack greinke give dodgers best 12 in.
Seattle once the unquestioned ace and face of arizonas starting rotation, zack greinke s new normal places him in the background. Zack greinkes eephus pitch made white sox 2b yolmer. Zack greinke keeps losing velocity as he enters baseball senior citizen status, but hes still a highly effective pitcher. Dodgers aces zack greinke, center, and clayton kershaw are two of the top pitchers in baseball. Mostly the piece was about the dalliance of his slider and his cutter over his career.
Hell come in between innings and say his slider isnt feeling right, so hell tell me to only call for it in safe spots. The ball seems to be going straight down before it bounces and josh bell swings through. Dwight gooden, nolan ryan, bob feller and sandy koufax were great curveball. Zack greinkes curveball and the nastiest pitches from 9.
Even if it were that slow, no way it was a curveball, youd have to arc a fastball like 12 feet in the air to get to the plate. Baseballs signature stoic ace continues to dominate well into his 30s. Usually the catcher and the pitch caller use two fingers or wiggle some fingers to call a curveball. Zack greinkes curveball and the nastiest pitches from 7. Hes throwing rainbows, and making the major league hitters who swing at them look for a glorious moment like they belong anywhere but a batters box. The unhittable pitch, slow enough to look like a little league lob but spun so tightly that it makes grown men lunge or freeze, epitomizes zack greinke. Just look at how much vertical drop he gets on this pitch. After losing zack greinke to the arizona diamondbacks via free. A quick look at my work available over at baseball prospectus this week.
Clayton kershaw is having a cy young awardcaliber year of his own. Zack greinkes patented slow curve and a shaky start. Or maybe that his arm speed on the curveball is off, so lets stick to the slider and changeup. Easily the greatest sport ever baseball by paul easily the greatest sport ever. The fastball is good enough that people have to respect it and then the curveball is obviously lights out. Though the four er he allowed friday is definitely suboptimal for zack greinke, his 3. No, greinke said, seriously, i went to the back, watched the video, it was a bad pitch, middle of the plate, right in the guys zone. The nationals were threatening early in game 3 of the world series, but zack greinke wiggled out of it and ended it with a nasty curveball. Louis cardinals has scared everyone off of him despite the fact that he has been excellent in every other start.
Great curveball pitchers clayton kershaw, jon lester, zack greinke, and chris carpenter are some of todays curveball throwers. Zack greinke put on a superb performance on wednesday, coming two outs away from a nohitter against the mariners and showing the baseball world the power of the astros terrifying trio. If you look at greinkes curve ball among the population of curve balls, its not super impressive. Godley, 28, gave up six hits and two runs with four. The astros acquired zack greinke in july to follow their two wonderful workhorses and finish what they started in a series first two games. Houston astros starting pitcher zack greinke 21 pitches during the first inning of an mlb baseball game at minute maid park, tuesday, august 6, 2019. Greinke fans 9 in season debut, dbacks drop finale to rockies. Zack godleys curveball helps diamondbacks fend off marlins in win. Zack greinke roster status changed by milwaukee brewers. She chose a navy rug, a tall white bookcase, a vacuum, linens, silverware and. Arizona diamondbacks starting pitcher zack greinke, center, walks back to the mound after giving up a threerun home run to philadelphia phillies aaron altherr 23 during the sixth inning of a. Of his 98 pitches, 48 were sinking curves, 32 of which were strikes. A combination of hitters laying off of his goto curveball, and loss of location in his sinker, has seen a. Zack greinke houston astros sp stats, news, career info.
Zack greinkes curveball and the nastiest pitches from 425. Not a very efficient game, but a consistent one at least. Houston astros starting pitcher zack greinke 21 pitches during the. The 7 most extreme pitches in major league baseball. Diamondbacks zack godley having trouble with curve. Greinke s slider has been one of his more effective pitches. Curveball mlb pipelines toprated prospect and the 12th overall pick in the 2016 draft, groome has worked just 66 innings in four years of pro ball and had tommy john surgery in may 2018. Diamondbacks rhp zack godleys curveball a reason for his success. Gerrit cole on saturday night in game 2 and zack greinke in mondays game 3. First up was the starting pitcher value picks piece in which i looked at a. The mechanics of his signature pitch the new york times duration. Referring to a big curveball as the unfair one does a great disservice. But its not clear whether its a different pitch or just a curveball. So, i wrote about zack greinke for like the 11 millionth time.
Expect zack greinke to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of. The 7 most extreme pitches in major league baseball for. Hes got four good pitches and throws all of them for strikes. Jake arrieta and zack greinke both sport eras under 2.
Houston astros starting pitcher zack greinke throws during the first. Diamondbacks righthander zack godleys velocity has been down and his pitches, including his curveball, are getting hit harder. After masahiro tanaka failed to hold a tworun lead in a 75, raininterrupted win over arizona on wednesday in what became zack greinke s final start for the diamondbacks, yankees general. Zack greinkes curveball and the nastiest pitches from 4. Two minutes of slow curves from zack greinke youtube. Nationals load bases but zack greinke gets out of it with. Zack godleys improved curveball is part of the reason hes been so dominant in the diamondbacks rotation. Nationals load bases but zack greinke gets out of it with nasty curveball duration. He still has a wicked curveball with power and depth, however, and boston hopes it will help him finally start to take off in 2020. Greinkes bugs bunny curveball is one of the games most aesthetically pleasing pitches cartoonishly slow, often floating in barely over 60. Major league baseball and minor league baseball trademarks and s are used with permission of major league baseball properties, inc. Dbacks ace zack greinke will take the mound against yu darvish and the cubs at wrigley field. Greinkes curve can be thrown so slow that statcast registers it as the arcing pitch. Theres a riddle that has followed zack greinke ever since he made it to the big.