Last month, Justin Wick did a phenomenal deep-dive into Kyle Freeland’s recent sinker usage. Freeland’s newfound reliance on this offering has produced mixed results so far this season. Many of his best starts have heavily featured his sinker, with Justin highlighting his July 25th road start against the Milwaukee Brewers where he tossed seven scoreless innings while recording seven strikeouts without issuing a walk, limiting the Brew Crew to just four hits along the way.
His sinker usage eclipsed the 30% mark in that start and he followed that outing with an even higher sinker output, topping 40% in a start for the first time in five years during his August 10th home contest with the St.