2012′s Most Unhittable Pitch (By A Starter) Is Stephen Strasburg's Change-Up

2012's Most Unhittable Pitch Is..
Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, top, delivers to Colorado Rockies' Dexter Fowler during the first inning of a baseball game on Friday, July 6, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, top, delivers to Colorado Rockies' Dexter Fowler during the first inning of a baseball game on Friday, July 6, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Shortly after the Mariners made the mistake of trading Brandon Morrow for Brandon League and another guy, it was noted by the Mariners’ front office that, the season before, League had thrown baseball’s most unhittable pitch. No pitch in baseball, apparently, generated a lower contact rate against than Brandon League’s splitter, and that gave us Mariners fans something to look forward to. What it actually wound up doing was give us something to complain about all the time, but no matter. That was the first I’d personally heard of a most unhittable pitch, and I fell in love with the concept. What better measure of dominance than whiffs over swings?

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