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It’s also clear that the Red Sox are working to reshape Giolito’s slider. He said as much last year at spring training before he got hurt. In his debut, we saw a pitch that had over two inches more horizontal break and nearly four inches less vertical break. Giolito had talked before last season about how his previous slider had gotten too similar to a curveball in its movement profile, so adding the horizontal movement and cutting drop is a good thing for him. He threw just five in his debut, and it wasn’t overly impactful, but I’m generally a fan of the direction the pitch is going.
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