Listening to Andrew Cashner talk after his final exhibition start Monday afternoon in Norfolk, Va., the Orioles right-hander sounds confident in the arsenal he will carry into the regular season.
That’s because Cashner believes he’s regained the feel for his slider, a pitch that was a regular part of his arsenal before last season pitching for the Texas Rangers. Last season, after throwing his slider 17 percent of the time in his first seven major league seasons, Cashner essentially abandoned it for a cutter, a pitch similar to the slider that has less break but more velocity.