Here are a couple of samples of Gerrit Cole at work. First up is a wildly breaking slider, followed by a fastball which moves out and then back in to catch the edge of the plate.
Gerrit Cole, 91mph Bohemian Rhapsody Slider. ☠️— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 25, 2019
"Mama, just killed a man..." pic.twitter.com/prxcRbRsGE
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 25, 2019
In May of last year I was at Chase Field to see Gerrit Cole pitch the most dominant complete game I've seen in person, striking out 16 Dbacks, giving up one hit and one walk, with his final pitches being his fastest of the night.
This year Gerrit started out slowly. As of May 23 he was 4-5 with an ERA of 4.11. Since then he's made 21 starts in which the Astros have gone 19-2 and his won-loss record is 15-0. In 141.2 innings Cole has give up only 84 hits, walked 29 and whiffed 216 with an ERA of 1.58.
And this is Yu Darvish who recently got his mojo back. When he is on it is impossible to handle his stuff.
Yu Darvish, 4 Pitch Overlay (synced at release).— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 23, 2019
83mph Slider
81mph Curveball
96mph Fastball
92mph Changeup
All Swinging Strikes.
Just wanted to see how much space that would cover. pic.twitter.com/1iiwWO7ngK
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