One of the game’s most consistent pitchers might’ve just gotten better after a tweak to a familiar pitch. According to early data, Jose Quintana is throwing his curve with four times more movement compared to previous five seasons. Prior to this season, Q’s curveball had an average drop of two inches and was the 17th most valuable of its kind in MLB since 2014.
Now, however, it’s dropping with eight inches of movement. You don’t even need to understand the graph below to understand how his bender has pulled a Thelma and Louise so far this season.
And if that particular visual still doesn’t do it for you, maybe try this one on for size…
More curveball filth from Q to escape a jam in the sixth.