The Pitch Index

Nolan Ryan on his four-seam and two-seam

Ryan in his own words on the two fastballs. The four-seam stays true and rides up on the hitter; the two-seam runs in on a righty and away from a lefty. It's the exact four/two split these specimen pages are built on, taught by the man who threw it.

“Nolan Ryan didn't just throw gas — he understood movement. His breakdown of why the 4-seam plays up, and why the 2-seam is deadly running in on a right-handed hitter / away from a lefty.”

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Tyler Rogers' rising breaking ball

From a submarine slot barely a foot off the ground, Rogers’ breaker drops far less than the sinker it tunnels with, so it reads as rising — though gravity pulls it down the whole way. He calls it "a slider, but almost a curveball."

“Tyler Rogers, Rising Curveball 🛸”

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