Last week SI's MLB staff attempted to construct the best pitching staff possible among active players. This week we're entering a baseball laboratory to concoct the perfect pitcher.
If you were to mold a pitcher from scratch, allowing him to throw any four individual pitches among today's pitchers, what is he throwing?
Tom Verducci
Gerrit Cole's 4-Seam Fastball: With true backspin, elite velocity and impeccable command, it’s the best in the game. Batters hit .166 against it last year.
Charlie Morton's curveball: The sweep on that pitch is devastating.