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Curveball or slider? Texas Rangers’ Kumar Rocker explains dominant breaking ball
Rocker’s nasty breaking pitch has generated plenty of whiffs since his return from Tommy John surgery.
ARLINGTON — Here’s the deal: Statcast classifies Kumar Rocker’s nasty breaking pitch as a slider. He calls it a curveball and a “slider at times.” It was the most effective tool in his Texas Rangers debut Sept. 12 against the Seattle Mariners and sec... [2524 chars]