[Mick]

Yeah, not so sure about this two pitch Kyle Harrison kid. . . .

Card,  I suspect that comment was at me.  He was spectacular last night. But again, primarily two pitches. He threw 2 change ups vs Philly. 6 last night.  Threw it a bit more later in game.  Including two in a row to DeLaCruz. Makes sense, it was the third time he saw him. So, it was  good to see him go to it. 

Nah, just howling at the wind a little bit. . . .

And what the hell is a sweeper?

It's a slider with more horizontal break. It was Romo's signature pitch. Adam Ottavino credited Romo for teaching it to him.

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/what-is-...4d9c9.html

But Sergio didn't throw a "sweeper":
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-pl...tching-mlb

Love Bob Melvin's take on it:
https://apnews.com/article/sweeper-pitch...e13519174f

Love that Baseball Savant site. Incidentally, your Bob Melvin link notes that Ottavino learned it from Sergio Romo: "Ottavino also credited former Giants reliever Sergio Romo for his sweeper, saying it provided some inspiration."

KNBR also thought Romo threw a sweeper:
https://www.knbr.com/2023/03/20/how-serg...e%20Giants.

[Mick]

Yeah, not so sure about this two pitch Kyle Harrison kid. . . .

Card,  I suspect that comment was at me.  He was spectacular last night. But again, primarily two pitches. He threw 2 change ups vs Philly. 6 last night.  Threw it a bit more later in game.  Including two in a row to DeLaCruz. Makes sense, it was the third time he saw him. So, it was  good to see him go to it. 

Nah, just howling at the wind a little bit. . . .

And what the hell is a sweeper?

It's a slider with more horizontal break. It was Romo's signature pitch. Adam Ottavino credited Romo for teaching it to him.

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/what-is-...4d9c9.html

But Sergio didn't throw a "sweeper":
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-pl...tching-mlb

Love Bob Melvin's take on it:
https://apnews.com/article/sweeper-pitch...e13519174f

Love that Baseball Savant site. Incidentally, your Bob Melvin link notes that Ottavino learned it from Sergio Romo: "Ottavino also credited former Giants reliever Sergio Romo for his sweeper, saying it provided some inspiration."

KNBR also thought Romo threw a sweeper:
https://www.knbr.com/2023/03/20/how-serg...e%20Giants.