To send the Astros to the 2017 World Series, which the Dodgers lost in case you forgot, Lance McCullers Jr. threw twenty-four straight curveballs against six different batters retiring all of them. McCullers’ curve is easily his best pitch, but still, it was unprecedented for him or any pitcher to lean so heavily on a breaking ball.
Even Sergio Romo regularly mixes in his two-seamer, which he used to get the final out of the 2012 World Series, which the Giants won.
To someone who’s never watched baseball, McCullers’ strategy to rely heavily on his best pitch.