DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SINKER BALL AND SPLIT FINGER FASTBALL?

by Ricky
(Georgia)

In baseball, I hear announcers talk about the sinker ball and the split finger fastball. What is the difference between these two pitches?

OUR COACH’S ANSWER

Thanks for this good question!

I would consider them both types of fastballs, so to speak. I would say that a sinker is a fastball that gradually moves downward. A splitter is more like a breaking pitch in that a good one “falls off the table” at the end. I hope this makes sense.

For more information about baseball pitch grips, read our article, Types of Baseball Pitches:
http://myyouthbaseball.com/types-of-baseball-pitches.html

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