What is the first word that comes to mind when you think of Dakota Hudson? For many of you that word might be some kind of value judgement like “bad” or perhaps simply “not good” but for me it isn’t. For me, the word is “sinkerballer”. That’s what Hudson was in college and in the minor leagues and it’s what he has been with the St. Louis Cardinals.
It may come as a surprise to you, then, to learn that Dakota Hudson’s best fastball isn’t actually his sinker; it’s his four-seamer. At face value, this may sound dumb.