Split-finger fastball
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A split-finger fastball or splitter is an off-speed pitch in baseball that initially looks like a fastball from the batters perspective, but then drops suddenly. Derived from the forkball, it is aptly
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Orix Buffaloes, wh
Split-finger fastball
…in the draft indicated the splitter was starting to become more in vogue again, and some of the fears of the 1990s and 2000s about it had subsided. Yoshinobu Yamamoto utilized his splitter to become one of the premier pitchers in Japan before signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024. His splitter, often clocking…
Yamamoto with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024
Yamamoto with the Orix Buffaloes in 2019
Yamamoto delivers a pitch for the Orix Buffaloes in 2022