Rowan Wick emerged as a viable bullpen arm for Joe Maddon‘s Cubs by throwing almost exclusively fastballs and spike-curveballs. That latter offering is something Wick developed last year with pitching coach Tommy Hottovy in the Cubs’ Pitch Lab and it’s since been adopted by Brad Wieck, Tyson Miller, and Trevor Megill (Yu Darvish throws it too, but he picked it up on his own). Not content with just one breaking secondary, Wick is back in the lab experimenting with he calls a hybrid monster that conjures thoughts of Jake Arrieta‘s explicit-sounding slutter.
Rowan Wick Working to Add ‘Cutter/Slider Thing’ to Repertoire
