SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–There’s seemingly a million different ways to throw a baseball, but most Major League pitchers stick to four or five.
Jeff Samardzija uses seven or eight in each game.
The Giants’ right-hander sinks and cuts his fastball, changes speeds with two different changeups and spins off a handful of breaking pitches.
Ask anyone at spring training what they’re up to and they’ll tell you they’re working on something. Anything.
For Samardzija, it’s his curveball.
“The curveball is really about maximizing the spin and getting the most out of that rotation and making it look more like other pitches,” Samardzija said.