Dillon Maples’ Fastball, Dan Winkler’s Active Spin, Plus Several More Cubs Pitchers’ Adjustments

Dan Winkler can avoid jumping the shark with better active spin rate. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Before you proceed any further, please visit The Athletic and read Sahadev Sharma’s extensive Pitch Lab Index piece to learn exactly what Cubs pitchers are adjusting in terms of mindset, mechanics, and repertoire. Even if you don’t have a subscription, they should have a limited trial available. Because it’d be highly unethical to reproduce a significant portion of the proprietary content here, I’ll focus simply on pitchers Cubs Insider has already covered.

In the interest of full disclosure, I had initially balked at this for fear that it’d be tooting our own horn or regurgitating existing…