Pete Fairbanks — the team’s top high leverage arm who recently locked in a three-year deal that will keep him with the Rays through 2025 for $12 million, with an option for 2026 — appears to have added a new pitch this Spring.
And a quality one at that:
It looks like Pete Fairbanks is working on a splitter... and it's beyond filthy. #Rays
He's separating it from his four-seam by about 11" (of induced vertical break), but it's only ~4 mph slower, elite CH/SPL territory.
Here's the only pair we have on video right now: pic.