Beside the base CU, 4SF, and 2SF, what is considered to most or very effective pitch against an opposite handed batter? I heard its a forkball. Of course you need to master that pitch...
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It all depends on what kind of batter he is. What kind of stance he has. What kind of pitcher you are. What your best pitch is.
There are a few rules to always remember as a pitcher:
Never get beat with your anything but your best pitch.
Pitch to your strengths and not the hitters weaknesses.
Personally (I'm a rhp), I like to start lefties with a fastball in. Then I try to throw sinkers on the outside corner. If he beats me one at bat I will double up on the inside corner. When I'm ahead I like to throw a split finger.
Again, every pitcher is different, every situation is different. You aren't going to want to throw inside to a lefty if there is a runner on second with less than 2 outs because he is trying to go that way. You just have to think when you are out there and don't try to get too fancy and throw "the best pitch for a lefty" or "the best pitch for a righty". You gotta figure out what works for you!
Good Luck
There are a few rules to always remember as a pitcher:
Never get beat with your anything but your best pitch.
Pitch to your strengths and not the hitters weaknesses.
Personally (I'm a rhp), I like to start lefties with a fastball in. Then I try to throw sinkers on the outside corner. If he beats me one at bat I will double up on the inside corner. When I'm ahead I like to throw a split finger.
Again, every pitcher is different, every situation is different. You aren't going to want to throw inside to a lefty if there is a runner on second with less than 2 outs because he is trying to go that way. You just have to think when you are out there and don't try to get too fancy and throw "the best pitch for a lefty" or "the best pitch for a righty". You gotta figure out what works for you!
Good Luck
My son is a RHP. He has had a lot of success throwing his breaking ball inside to a lefty. The goal is to start the ball in the strike zone middle of the plate at the knees and have it hit his back foot. Alot of guys have swung right over that pitch.
I always thought a 95 mph fastball knee high on the inside corner was an effective pitch.
Through personally experiences I have found that the most effective pitch against an opposite-handed hitter is a breaking pitch that starts down the middle and breaks over the shoe tops.
quote:Originally posted by MWestbury:
Through personally experiences I have found that the most effective pitch against an opposite-handed hitter is a breaking pitch that starts down the middle and breaks over the shoe tops.
Basically a curve ball or slurve?
Yeah, or a slider.
quote:Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
I always thought a 95 mph fastball knee high on the inside corner was an effective pitch.
94 mph cutter in on the hands worked pretty well for someone.
quote:94 mph cutter in on the hands worked pretty well for someone
95 at the knees is nice..unless the guy you're pitching to is sitting on it
then it flys out really pretty 
Giving a lefty a low pitch he can drop the bat head on could prove detrimental to the future career yeanings a player might have 
..I like 95 too just not low on a lefty, well low in or low over the plate, might get somewhere going outside with it...now CaDads cutter...thats what I'm talkin bout..make them hands sting...
It depends on what type of pitcher you are...my son is a RHP and used to have fits with a lefty batter until we found a way to pitch to them based upon the strength of his pitches and the general tendencies of lefties. Lefties typically have a loop in their swing and like to go after the low inside pitches.
He has a couple of different approaches but, basically he focuses on throwing his sinker which lefties like to swing at because of their liking of the low pitches. They will go after the sinker and usually hit the top of the ball which then generates groundballs to the infield.
He also uses a CB over the middle of the plate that turns into them which also generating weak groundballs, but also as a good strikeout pitch that they will swing over the top of. He will mix in an occasional 4 seam FB up on the hands to jam them.
He discovered pitches on the outside of the plate at waist high is not good...they usually hit it pretty hard.
He has a couple of different approaches but, basically he focuses on throwing his sinker which lefties like to swing at because of their liking of the low pitches. They will go after the sinker and usually hit the top of the ball which then generates groundballs to the infield.
He also uses a CB over the middle of the plate that turns into them which also generating weak groundballs, but also as a good strikeout pitch that they will swing over the top of. He will mix in an occasional 4 seam FB up on the hands to jam them.
He discovered pitches on the outside of the plate at waist high is not good...they usually hit it pretty hard.
