With a hat-tip to Alex Fast of the indispensable site Pitcherlist.com, I realized that the Oakland A’s have a pitcher who does something better than any of his American League counterparts. Chris Bassitt throws the AL’s best sinker.
That tweet was among a series of tweets about the best pitches in baseball for the month of July. Bassitt pitched fine in that game against Houston and the A’s still lost. But for at least one pitch Bassitt was king. My knee feels sore just watching that clip.
Zooming out on Chris Bassitt’s 2019 season and there’s little of note.