It seems as if Ohtani is throwing his splitter at a career-low frequency, but that’s because he’s now throwing the pitch in two different ways, and one of them is registering as a two-seam fastball…
ARLINGTON, Texas — The pitch that was once Shohei Ohtani’s signature has seemingly vanished from his repertoire.
“He’s got a normal one that goes straight down and one that he calls a running splitter,” said Wallach, who has caught eight of Ohtani’s last nine starts. “I’m guessing that’s the one that reads as a two-seamer.” Ohtani, who is scheduled to start on Thursday night in Texas, now throws seven different pitches that just about cover the whole spectrum of movement directions.
“Obviously I wasn’t trying to do that,” Drury said. “It’s a big at-bat, key situation in the game. I thought the ball was pretty well off . Yeah, I made a mistake. I accidentally bumped into him.”“Umpires are human too,” Drury said. “We all understand that. It’s not a personal thing. It’s just as a player, hitting is really hard. These pitchers are really good. There are pitches that are off . Like I said, it’s nothing personal to the umpire.
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