Inside the Rise of MacKenzie Gore and the Mysterious Potential of Gunnar Hoglund: What You Need to Know Now
Last year, Gore’s slider was a much harder pitch, averaging 91.1 mph with just 1.5 inches of horizontal movement and 7.3 inches of vertical break. He used it 28.5% of the time to lefties and 9.7% of the time to righties, which was an issue because it ate righties alive. The slider had a 22.6% swinging strike rate (SwStr%) and a 29.6% ICR to righties with a .182 batting average against, while posting an 11.6% SwStr% and 50% ICR to lefites with a .317 batting average against. Yikes. His curveball did post a slightly above-average swinging strike rate to lefites, but he didn’t use it that often against them, instead throwing either a four-seamer or slider to lefties 81% of the time. Being that two-pitch focused against lefties and having one of those pitches get destroyed regularly is a recipe for disaster.
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