Dodgers Tyler Glasnow's breaking pitches have helped him succeed
The Los Angeles Dodgers received a masterful performance from right-hander Tyler Glasnow, who had command of his curveball.
Dodgers Tyler Glasnow's breaking pitches have helped him succeed originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow blanked the San Francisco Giants in a masterful performance on Thursday.
The former All-Star (2024) threw eight shutout innings, allowing one hit, a walk, and striking out nine. Glasnow’s impressive performance was due to his curveball/knuckle-curveball being on point. Six of Glasnow’s nine strikeouts came on the curveball.
Los Angeles Dodgers Tyler Glasnow uses two different types of curveballs depending on the situation “I think early on, trying to throw for strikes, to throw a little slower, like spike it, and then when I want to put a guy away with it, I'll just keep both fingers on it, just try to throw it hard,” Glasnow said postgame to SportsNet LA . “But I think that got a little better as the game went on, as a little inconsistent, but I had good feel with it overall. ” More News: Red Sox option 22-year-old to clear spot for No.
1 prospect Out of 84 knuckle-curveballs Glasnow has thrown, hitters are batting . 160 with a . 360 slugging percentage and have struck out 10 times against it.