WASHINGTON -- Koda Glover was officially named the Nationals' closer this week, as he has blossomed into perhaps the most reliable arm in their struggling bullpen. One of the major reasons for Glover's success lately has been his increased usage of a devastating slider since returning from the disabled list for a strained hip.
Although Glover often refers to it as a slider, he feels it's more of a combo between a slider and cutter, and even referred to it as a cutter with sideways action.
In his first 11 outings of the season prior to landing on the DL, Glover utilized his slider 29 percent of the time and got opposing hitters to swing and miss on it just 7.