Joe Christensen reports that Francisco Liriano threw two different types of sliders this season, and sometimes gets stuck between the two:
Turns out, Liriano had been throwing two different sliders. One was the sharp-breaking slider he uses as an out pitch. The other had a shorter break. Liriano told Anderson that one of the two homers he allowed last Wednesday against Pittsburgh came on his “short slider.”
This was news to Anderson. No wonder Liriano’s mechanics go haywire sometimes.
“I said, ‘You’re going to decide — short one or big one. Throw one biter, and don’t mess around around in between them.’ ”
We’ll get to see how the one-slider works against Milwaukee tonight.
Posted by David Pinto at 12:59 pm | Pitchers | Permalink | 1 Comment
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June 23rd, 2009 @ 3:19 pm
When I saw him pitch earlier this year his delivery was noticably different on his change-ups and sliders then it was for his fastballs. I wonder if the hitters are picking up on this as well.