This College LHP's Slider Is Unbelievable

[@TaurineDippy]

This is what happens when you invest all your stat points into one pitch on MLB the Show.

[@Joe_Konen]

All pitches are nasty

[@luisroussvellcastillodelac5393]

​@@Joe_KonenDon't say stupid things, the only thing he lacks is control but as a left-hander his most deadly weapons are sliders, sinkers and curves, unlike the right-handed player, which are fastballs and changes of speed.

[@STEEPPOW]

Catcher is awful.

[@williamhermann6635]

​@@luisroussvellcastillodelac5393 This part I dont understand. When I played, I ate lefty off speed pitches for breakfast. I never played in the big leagues or anything, but I did play for a nationally ranked travel team and played against a number of future pros. When facing lefty pitchers who threw gas, I welcome the offspeed pitch.

[@allanmacdonald7265]

His 2 seamer moves a lot too. He has a lot of spin on the ball and can control pretty well

[@tima.478]

Slider @ 3:36 is the nastiest slider I've rever seen and I played Triple A (Gwinnett), GA.

[@johnrussell9217]

I was a 6x MLB MVP and I agree

[@stevenwalker9013]

The movement on his 90 mph fastball was almost as impressive as his slider. Reminded me of Maddux having late movement on 87 mph fastballs and painted

[@frederickfairlieesq5316]

Exactly. This guy’s fastball is like a left handed Maddox. Maddox won 300+ games painting the inside corner on lefty’s and jamming up righties with his two seamer.

[@beatndagutta]

This makes me miss pitching so much.. I had such a heavy fastball with movement My whole life. Consistently popping 92 at 17..Unfortunately, it was pretty much all self taught. I think the only instructional video was Fred McGriff’s back in the day when I was playing 😂 I wish I had stuff like this when I was a kid in the 90s.. I also had a fork ball, cutter and a change up. Played a little baseball while i was in the Army. Then a bunch of wars started lol but I had an absolute cannon. None of my pictures were nasty as this guy’s slider. Or his cutter ..

[@WorthiestDavid]

Very good point! Athletes these days have access to full technology. Checking spin rate, vertical rate, it’s insane. Don’t get me wrong, I love it. Just jealous cause I’m 40 and a torn ACL killed my athletic career 😂

[@danhengedthe1]

He’s got impressive movement on all of his pitches. I love the visual changes of that slider vs his change and fast ball. Filthy stuff.

[@pilbomags488]

You have no idea what you just said, just admit it.

[@RomancingTheData]

What a slider! Hope that he uses it more next season.

[@DRTOLLZ]

What’s up with the rocking before throwing

[@Robert_Harrison008]

@@DRTOLLZit’s his windup, it’s a bit strange but he was doing better when he did it, so why not keep doing it

[@adudenamedjoe13]

I feel like the dude in the gray shirt talks like he’s got a mouthful of peanut butter the whole time lol

[@J.D.Shelnutt]

i thought i was in shape until i worked out with a skinny college pitcher. for just one of his workouts he did 5 sets of 20 high step ups for each leg holding 65lb dumbels his second week back in the gym after a broken leg from a car wreck.without really sweating. he was built like a tik toker but with twice the strength of an average gym goer

[@CT99999]

hahah "built like a tik-toker" I sometimes refer to people as being "indoor people" if they look like they've never played outside, but "tik toker" is funnier.

[@tima.478]

"Indoor people" is hella funny, too! 🤣@@CT99999

[@kaffarashortskabhi]

Holy that slider. Reminds me a lot of Patrick corbin’s in the shape and arm slot/release. Reminders that Corbin maybe had the best lefty slider in the game for a few years. Unbelievable, each one just had me laughing

[@strongestnattyever-videos2247]

Reminds me of one I’ll hit tanks off of

[@MartySalazar-k3r]

and he just dots a 90 to end the pen. yeesh.

[@frederickfairlieesq5316]

The movement on his fastball is crazy, too

[@OCRay1]

Best ever of guys you’ve worked with you mean.

[@TruthHasSpoken]

His slider is what we used to (80's) call a "slurve." Doesn't have the speed of a true slider which appears more like a fastball with a late break. Really nice changeup.

[@JiveTrkey]

A wide angle camera on the catcher's mask would be awesome for these videos. that long lens left of the plate doesn't give any sense of the movement

[@bradydavis11]

Keep them coming!

[@mike8610]

Nasty. You just can't help but laugh out loud at some of those sliders. Great stuff.

[@mike-0451]

Release point with that fastball is deadly… could be a solid reliever at the mlb level.

[@RobLaSane1969]

Hasn’t topped 90 once on the fastball.

[@mike-0451]

@@RobLaSane1969 Doesn't matter. It's all about deception. His fastball has elite ride from a low angle. Calculating VAA can be tricky, but this passes the eye test.

[@RobLaSane1969]

@@mike-0451 I get it mid 90’s isn’t necessarily a prerequisite but I personally thought his mechanics were way to inconsistent and showed in his lack of control. If you can’t blow the ball by people you need to have control of your pitches

[@mike-0451]

@@RobLaSane1969 What lack of control? He put the fastball and changeup right where he wanted them? His mechanics showed a normal variation in execution (which wasn’t much, anyway). Plus, control isn’t even a pre requisite for doing well. Dylan Cease and Blake Snell almost won Cy Young awards just by having nasty stuff-not that this guy even has bad control, anyway. Plus, he WILL blow that low 90s fastball by people. It’s like you’ve never seen live pitching. A deceptive, low angle, high spin fastball at 88 mph looks like 98. Case in point: Phil Maton, Cristian Javier. Two pitchers who throw 88-91 (Javier can throw harder, but averages this), and have elite numbers. Maton routinely gets swinging strikes on his 88 mph four seam. Not kidding. Go watch.

[@gregorylute]

I played college ball in the mid 1990s. LHP. I was throwing 87-88, sometimes touching 90. Man.....I wish there was someone around like Tread Athletics to train me. I think if we actually knew how to train back then I could have been in the low 90s. I did not play any high school sports. My change up was crap and my curve was crap. My fastball very rarely got hit. This is in this video with his off speed stuff and fastball would have been VERY dominant and would 💯 been drafted in a high round. That's how much it's changed since then. Again.... I'm jealous you guys have access to this kind of high level training. I don't even want to think about how different things could have been

[@arresthillary9502]

7:47 that cut fastball is also moving on a string. Wow

[@Angeldnavac]

Grip?

[@YakkosWorld69.420]

I need that change-up grip QUICK

[@jasongillenwater8535]

As a LH hitter…hopefully the coach PHs for me against him…what movement!

[@배승호-y7b]

Is sweeper a side spin pitch?

[@treadathletics]

In a sense

[@cjwerner2747]

These coaches could use some jedi tricks. When you tell a player something was absolutely perfect we can get in our heads trying to think too hard to replicate. You just say "good again" and then at the end you tell them how perfect it was. Get the muscle memory taught before player thinks too hard. Every athletes different tho lol Edit: this was written light heartedly

[@Layne_M]

It's all about your last sentence for sure. I don't know this guy at all, but if someone struggles with self doubt as I did when competeting then leaving no room for misinterpretation can be huge for reconfirming that what someone is doing the right thing.

[@izanmaciasgallardo1658]

that slider seems pretty fair

[@YakkosWorld69.420]

Ya'll have no idea what good movement is apparently...

[@izanmaciasgallardo1658]

@@YakkosWorld69.420 it was ironic

[@YakkosWorld69.420]

My 4-seam fastball sometimes moves kind of like a sinker but every time I try to fix it, it starts to cut. Any thoughts or recommendations?

[@treadathletics]

You very well may be supination dominant. Here are a couple videos explaining seam shifted wake: kzbin.infoNWObkD3T9uM?feature=share kzbin.infokEk7qA-mMyU?feature=share

[@ABT123321]

His slider is nice, but from what im seeing ... they arent letting him throw it because he cant spot it up. Once he can actually control all that movement .. GGs

[@HokiePitcher22]

he tunneled the shit out of that 2 seam and changeup combo at the beginning....would be filthy combination vs a righty

[@Bklynblaze1]

What’s this kids name and does anyone know where he plays? Kids got a chance!

[@BumpyJones]

Who are these coachs

[@Geotubest]

Honestly... the best changeup speed difference is about 10 mph from the fastball.

[@playhard1337]

If he is able to consistently paint with that change-up he is basically a big leaguer. That thing is sooo nasty. 🤕🤒☠️

[@tootallforbaseball]

You have to be able to get that slider somewhere where they will actually swing at it... Even with that, with your pitches as good as they are, what is Tread going to do to help you??

[@RisitasKEKW]

Holy shit 😮

[@Danp34332]

He’s like Chris sale

[@weatherchaser1166]

If he gets his control going, he'll be tough. Looked at his stats. In 22 he hit 7 guys in 15 innings, and a career 6+ ERA

[@carlmessalle473]

Yup. He has elite movement on his pitches but placement / control is not his strength. Book on him is sit and wait for your pitch.

[@DavidG-mp8kt]

That first cambio was fire

[@zac131]

yeah lefties have no chance, crazy he wasn't throwing the slider as much in season

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

Nah. It happens sons been throwing his since age 12. He will be 16 in September. He rarely throws it in game and it breaks just like this. Unfortunately catchers can’t catch him

[@Steve52344]

Nice!

[@dcnole]

I want to see the catcher's view of what that slide piece looks like. That thing was diving like a wiffle ball.

[@drunksquirrel1507]

Gross change up too

[@uncletom1986]

Too bad he’s balking every time he pitches

[@G.B.B.]

Good Lord that slider is nearly unhittable! Not a fan of that rocking crap though.

[@TheSilverscuba22]

i said the same thing

[@stxmps3037]

3:35 omg 😯🤮

[@stxmps3037]

@@BlueLotusGhost no one is taking that

[@michaelbedard7859]

Wow

[@matthewwilkyway3395]

Control is the problem for these kids. He’s got the stuff for a lefty. But it’s confidence, repetition, and location that’s gonna make him get to the next level

[@hazelNance]

Yo, time-out…what video were you watching because what I just saw was swing and miss stuff, with dots for fastballs and change pieces.

[@qwuzzy]

@@hazelNance It's hard to really tell with the catcher setting up middle-middle every pitch, but he does seem inconsistent. The stuff is nasty for sure, just something a young pitcher is inevitably going to have to work on

[@izanmaciasgallardo1658]

@@qwuzzy no shot, fastballs up, change ups down, cutter dotted and slider is the only pitch that he struggled a bit with.

[@matthewwilkyway3395]

@@izanmaciasgallardo1658 I have played at a high enough level I can tell you for certain I have faced left handed pitchers that were better than him. Some of them got drafted. Most didn’t make it past A ball. After a certain level, stuff doesn’t just get by people. 100 mph down the plate gets crushed. Sliders off the plate get let go for balls. Can’t control your pitches, stay healthy, out of trouble, etc. then you won’t make it. A lot of factors come into play. That’s why only recently has a number 1 draft pick ever made it into the HOF. Scouts get it wrong all the time. Stuff doesn’t translate most of the time.

[@rico9163]

Bro I don't think he missed a spot the entire pen except for when he was trying to rip nasty sliders. Exceptional command

[@GeorgeMitchellLWB]

that sweeper was GROSS

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

This is the best slider you’ve ever seen?? Cmon man.

[@YakkosWorld69.420]

Other than a Chris Sale slider or a Randy Johnson slider, yes, it's one of the best sliders I've seen in a long time.

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

@@YakkosWorld69.420 16 year old son has been throwing one like this since 12. Legit. No bs. Had him throw it the back of my head and it comes straight fir my head and sweeps across to the bottom corner of the plate. Thought everyone could do this. Interesting. Guess he’s got something then. Cool to know.

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

He’s scared to throw it because catchers can’t catch it. He figured it was him.

[@YakkosWorld69.420]

@@TheRoadLessChosen So you say your son is 16, which is a sophomore in high school, IF your son is a sophomore in high school he's probably throwing around 75mph on his fastball, if your son is throwing 75mph on his fastball then his slider is probably around 60-65, if it's any slower I know why its moving so much, it has TOO MUCH time to the plate making it move more, and if it is that slow then hitters are probably not swinging because they can pick it up easier. So he either has something special or you think he has something special but he doesn't. Hope this helps

[@thematrix3431]

@@YakkosWorld69.420 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@harborwolf22]

Looked like the catcher was trying to catch a knuckleball... Filthy. And he's already throwing 90+ on his fastball?

[@snowysnow4411]

Jesus Christ! Praise be His holy name!

[@DUB-Track]

That slider gets no chases... Maybe in high school it would.

[@taragrantham1338]

Nope but it sets up the other pitches

[@ManuelB777]

Old school pitcher here. Can someone tell me when this stupidity with pitchers started? I mean all the silly foot taps, sways, leans etc are just garbage and not needed and definitely not aesthetically pleasing.

[@treadathletics]

Pitchers have been rocking, etc. since the golden age of baseball.

[@KurtBoesger]

Could be BALKING but I'm no expert.. the rocking back and forth I've seen called .. and nit called. But I enjoy the program .. all except the constant colorful language. Not necessary.

[@FLOWmyGOD]

first

[@wlcsp]

Jesus.... Jesus Christ.... watch your mouth

[@tommyluke6407]

He better not throw that 80poo no where near the plate , especially if he is in the SEC.Good movement , but not overwhelming , maybe if he drops his arm slot he would have nasty movements.

[@YakkosWorld69.420]

it's already nasty, I don't think that was a full intensity pen.

[@pizzaDMT]

too bad that setup move is like a timer for a hitter