MESA, Ariz. - Kendall Graveman had something of an identity crisis in the first half of the season, at least in terms of his baseball life.
After coming over to Oakland in the massively high profile Josh Donaldson deal, he stumbled through his rookie season and even was demoted at one point. And as his second year got underway, Graveman wasn’t finding the consistency he wanted.
So he became almost purely a sinkerballer. In the first half of the season, Graveman threw 53 percent fastballs, and in the second half, 72 percent - in some starts, he was wielding his sinker at nearly Bartolo-esque levels, more than 90 percent.